Recognised as Colour
#DEB8FD
- #DEB8FD
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Plum
#DEB8FD is a violet with RGB values 222, 184, 253 and HSL 273°, 95%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.
Colour values
#DEB8FD#DEB8FD
HEX#DEB8FD
RGBrgb(222, 184, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.7216, 0.9922
RGB percentages87.1%, 72.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(273, 94.5%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 27.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK12.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,596,349
CSS custom property--colour: #DEB8FD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.56902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#214702
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#D7FDB8
Analogous#BBB8FD, #FDB8FA
Triadic#FDDEB8, #B8FDDE
Split complementary#FAFDB8, #B8FDBC
Tetradic#FDBCB8, #D7FDB8, #B8FAFD
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R222
G184
B253
Red222 (87.1%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue273.04°
Saturation (HSL)94.52%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G B8 · B FD
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