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Recognised as Colour

#DDCFFE

  • #DDCFFE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DDCFFE is a violet with RGB values 221, 207, 254 and HSL 258°, 96%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DDCFFE#DDCFFE
HEX#DDCFFE
RGBrgb(221, 207, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8118, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.7%, 81.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(257.9, 95.9%, 90.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 18.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK13%, 18.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,536,702
CSS custom property--colour: #DDCFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.43:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#223001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D7D6DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13.2Lavender · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Plum · ΔE 22.4Lavender blush · ΔE 24.4Ghost white · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0FECF
Analogous#CFD8FE, #F5CFFE
Triadic#FEDDCF, #CFFEDD
Split complementary#FEF5CF, #D8FECF
Tetradic#FECFD8, #F0FECF, #CFFEF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#BA9DFD
Darker −20%#966BFC
Darker −30%#7339FB
Darker −40%#4F07FA
More saturated +25%#DDCEFF
Less saturated −25%#DFD5F8

Channel breakdown

R221
G207
B254
Red221 (86.7%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue257.87°
Saturation (HSL)95.92%
Lightness90.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G CF · B FE

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