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Recognised as Colour

#DDD8E1

  • #DDD8E1
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DDD8E1 is a violet with RGB values 221, 216, 225 and HSL 273°, 13%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DDD8E1#DDD8E1
HEX#DDD8E1
RGBrgb(221, 216, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8471, 0.8824
RGB percentages86.7%, 84.7%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(273.3, 13%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 4%, 88.2%)
CMYK1.8%, 4%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,538,977
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD8E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.98:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#22271E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D9E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DAE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#DDD9DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.1Light grey · ΔE 5.6Lavender · ΔE 7.6Lavender blush · ΔE 10Silver · ΔE 10.5White smoke · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCE1D8
Analogous#D9D8E1, #E1D8E1
Triadic#E1DDD8, #D8E1DD
Split complementary#E1E1D8, #D8E1D9
Tetradic#E1D9D8, #DCE1D8, #D8E1E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6F5F7
Darker −10%#C4BBCB
Darker −20%#AB9EB5
Darker −30%#92829E
Darker −40%#786786
More saturated +25%#DECFEA
Less saturated −25%#DDDDDD

Channel breakdown

R221
G216
B225
Red221 (86.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue273.33°
Saturation (HSL)13.04%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G D8 · B E1

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