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Recognised as Colour

#DDCDEF

  • #DDCDEF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DDCDEF is a violet with RGB values 221, 205, 239 and HSL 268°, 52%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DDCDEF#DDCDEF
HEX#DDCDEF
RGBrgb(221, 205, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8039, 0.9373
RGB percentages86.7%, 80.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(268.2, 51.5%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 14.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,536,175
CSS custom property--colour: #DDCDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.05:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#223210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DBD1D8no 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 text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.3Lavender · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Light grey · ΔE 18.8Gainsboro · ΔE 19.1Lavender blush · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFEFCD
Analogous#CDCEEF, #EECDEF
Triadic#EFDDCD, #CDEFDD
Split complementary#EFEECD, #CEEFCD
Tetradic#EFCDCE, #DFEFCD, #CDEFEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F4FB
Darker −10%#C3A6E3
Darker −20%#A880D6
Darker −30%#8E59CA
Darker −40%#743AB6
More saturated +25%#DDC5F7
Less saturated −25%#DDD5E7

Channel breakdown

R221
G205
B239
Red221 (86.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue268.24°
Saturation (HSL)51.52%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G CD · B EF

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