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Recognised as Colour

#DDD4ED

  • #DDD4ED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DDD4ED is a violet with RGB values 221, 212, 237 and HSL 262°, 41%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DDD4ED#DDD4ED
HEX#DDD4ED
RGBrgb(221, 212, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8314, 0.9294
RGB percentages86.7%, 83.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(261.6, 41%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 10.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK6.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,537,965
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD4ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#222B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D8EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DBD7DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7Thistle · ΔE 8.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6Gainsboro · ΔE 13.6Light grey · ΔE 13.6Lavender blush · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4EDD4
Analogous#D4D7ED, #EAD4ED
Triadic#EDDDD4, #D4EDDD
Split complementary#EDEAD4, #D7EDD4
Tetradic#EDD4D7, #E4EDD4, #D4EDEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F8FC
Darker −10%#C1B0DE
Darker −20%#A48CCF
Darker −30%#8868C0
Darker −40%#6C48AD
More saturated +25%#DBCCF5
Less saturated −25%#DFDCE5

Channel breakdown

R221
G212
B237
Red221 (86.7%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue261.6°
Saturation (HSL)40.98%
Lightness88.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G D4 · B ED

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