Recognised as Colour

#DDCAE9

#DDCAE9
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DDCAE9 is a violet with RGB values 221, 202, 233 and HSL 277°, 41%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#DDCAE9

RGBrgb(221, 202, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7922, 0.9137

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.2%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(276.8, 41.3%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.8, 13.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK5.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,401

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCAE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.7:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#223516

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6D0EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAD1E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DCCDD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.2 Lavender · ΔE 12.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7 Light grey · ΔE 17.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 18.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.24, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6E9CA

Analogous#CECAE9, #E9CAE6

Triadic#E9DDCA, #CAE9DD

Split complementary#E5E9CA, #CAE9CE

Tetradic#E9CECA, #D6E9CA, #CAE6E9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4EEF8

Darker −10%#C6A6DA

Darker −20%#AF82CB

Darker −30%#985EBC

Darker −40%#7E44A3

More saturated +25%#DFC1F2

Less saturated −25%#DBD3E0

Channel breakdown

R221

G202

B233

Red221 (86.7%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue276.77°

Saturation (HSL)41.33%

Lightness85.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DD · G CA · B E9

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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