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Recognised as Colour

#DDC9FE

  • #DDC9FE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DDC9FE is a violet with RGB values 221, 201, 254 and HSL 263°, 96%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DDC9FE#DDC9FE
HEX#DDC9FE
RGBrgb(221, 201, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7882, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.7%, 78.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(262.6, 96.4%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 20.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK13%, 20.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,535,166
CSS custom property--colour: #DDC9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.86:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#223601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFD1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2D2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D8D0DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.2Plum · ΔE 19Lavender · ΔE 20.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.8Pink · ΔE 27.7Lavender blush · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAFEC9
Analogous#C9CFFE, #F7C9FE
Triadic#FEDDC9, #C9FEDD
Split complementary#FEF7C9, #CFFEC9
Tetradic#FEC9CF, #EAFEC9, #C9FEF7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFBFF
Darker −10%#BD97FD
Darker −20%#9E65FC
Darker −30%#7E33FB
Darker −40%#6005F6
More saturated +25%#DDC8FF
Less saturated −25%#DFD0F7

Channel breakdown

R221
G201
B254
Red221 (86.7%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue262.64°
Saturation (HSL)96.36%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G C9 · B FE

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