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Recognised as Colour

#DDBCFE

  • #DDBCFE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#DDBCFE is a violet with RGB values 221, 188, 254 and HSL 270°, 97%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DDBCFE#DDBCFE
HEX#DDBCFE
RGBrgb(221, 188, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7373, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.7%, 73.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(270, 97.1%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 26%, 99.6%)
CMYK13%, 26%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,531,838
CSS custom property--colour: #DDBCFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.7:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#224301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7CAFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D9C5D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.1Thistle · ΔE 21.8Light steelblue · ΔE 28.4Lavender · ΔE 29.4Pink · ΔE 31.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDFEBC
Analogous#BCBCFE, #FEBCFE
Triadic#FEDDBC, #BCFEDD
Split complementary#FEFEBC, #BCFEBC
Tetradic#FEBCBC, #DDFEBC, #BCFEFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7EEFF
Darker −10%#C48AFD
Darker −20%#AA58FD
Darker −30%#9125FC
Darker −40%#7704EB
More saturated +25%#DDBBFF
Less saturated −25%#DDC5F6

Channel breakdown

R221
G188
B254
Red221 (86.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)97.06%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G BC · B FE

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