Recognised as Colour

#DECDE6

#DECDE6
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DECDE6 is a violet with RGB values 222, 205, 230 and HSL 281°, 33%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DECDE6#DECDE6

HEX#DECDE6

RGBrgb(222, 205, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8039, 0.902

RGB percentages87.1%, 80.4%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(280.8, 33.3%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.8, 10.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK3.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,601,702

CSS custom property--colour: #DECDE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.98:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#213219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CAD2E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDD3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#DED0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.3 Lavender · ΔE 10 Light steelblue · ΔE 14 Light grey · ΔE 14.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.9 Lavender blush · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D5E6CD

Analogous#D2CDE6, #E6CDE2

Triadic#E6DECD, #CDE6DE

Split complementary#E2E6CD, #CDE6D2

Tetradic#E6D2CD, #D5E6CD, #CDE2E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4EFF7

Darker −10%#C8ABD5

Darker −20%#B189C4

Darker −30%#9B67B3

Darker −40%#814D9A

More saturated +25%#E1C4EF

Less saturated −25%#DBD6DD

Channel breakdown

R222

G205

B230

Red222 (87.1%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue280.8°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness85.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G CD · B E6

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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