Recognised as Colour

#DDB3F5

#DDB3F5
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#DDB3F5 is a violet with RGB values 221, 179, 245 and HSL 278°, 77%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#DDB3F5

RGBrgb(221, 179, 245)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.702, 0.9608

RGB percentages86.7%, 70.2%, 96.1%

HSLhsl(278.2, 76.7%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 26.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK9.8%, 26.9%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,529,525

CSS custom property--colour: #DDB3F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.84:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#224C0A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9C0F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2C4F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DBBBCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.2 Thistle · ΔE 22.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 30.6 Pink · ΔE 30.9 Lavender · ΔE 31.9 Light pink · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CBF5B3

Analogous#BCB3F5, #F5B3EC

Triadic#F5DDB3, #B3F5DD

Split complementary#ECF5B3, #B3F5BC

Tetradic#F5BCB3, #CBF5B3, #B3ECF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1E0FB

Darker −10%#C986EF

Darker −20%#B559E9

Darker −30%#A12CE3

Darker −40%#851AC2

More saturated +25%#E0A9FF

Less saturated −25%#DABEEA

Channel breakdown

R221

G179

B245

Red221 (86.7%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue245 (96.1%)

Hue278.18°

Saturation (HSL)76.74%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DD · G B3 · B F5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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