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Colour

#DDCCEF

  • #DDCCEF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DDCCEF is a violet with RGB values 221, 204, 239 and HSL 269°, 52%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DDCCEF#DDCCEF
HEX#DDCCEF
RGBrgb(221, 204, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8, 0.9373
RGB percentages86.7%, 80%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(269.1, 52.2%, 86.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 14.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,535,919
CSS custom property--colour: #DDCCEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#223310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D2F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#DBD0D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.3Lavender · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Light grey · ΔE 19.5Lavender blush · ΔE 19.7Gainsboro · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEEFCC
Analogous#CCCDEF, #EECCEF
Triadic#EFDDCC, #CCEFDD
Split complementary#EFEFCC, #CCEFCC
Tetradic#EFCCCD, #DEEFCC, #CCEFEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F3FB
Darker −10%#C3A5E3
Darker −20%#A97ED7
Darker −30%#8F58CA
Darker −40%#7639B6
More saturated +25%#DDC4F7
Less saturated −25%#DDD4E7

Channel breakdown

R221
G204
B239
Red221 (86.7%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue269.14°
Saturation (HSL)52.24%
Lightness86.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G CC · B EF

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