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Recognised as Colour

#DECCEA

  • #DECCEA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DECCEA is a violet with RGB values 222, 204, 234 and HSL 276°, 42%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DECCEA#DECCEA
HEX#DECCEA
RGBrgb(222, 204, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8, 0.9176
RGB percentages87.1%, 80%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(276, 41.7%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 12.8%, 91.8%)
CMYK5.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,601,450
CSS custom property--colour: #DECCEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.93:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#213315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D1EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD3E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#DDCFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.6Lavender · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Light grey · ΔE 17.1Gainsboro · ΔE 17.4Lavender blush · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8EACC
Analogous#CFCCEA, #EACCE7
Triadic#EADECC, #CCEADE
Split complementary#E7EACC, #CCEACF
Tetradic#EACFCC, #D8EACC, #CCE7EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F0F9
Darker −10%#C7A8DB
Darker −20%#AF84CC
Darker −30%#9860BD
Darker −40%#7F44A6
More saturated +25%#E0C3F3
Less saturated −25%#DCD5E1

Channel breakdown

R222
G204
B234
Red222 (87.1%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)41.67%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G CC · B EA

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