Recognised as Colour

#DED4F8

#DED4F8
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DED4F8 is a violet with RGB values 222, 212, 248 and HSL 257°, 72%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#DED4F8

RGBrgb(222, 212, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8314, 0.9725

RGB percentages87.1%, 83.1%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(256.7, 72%, 90.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256.7, 14.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK10.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,603,512

CSS custom property--colour: #DED4F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.88:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#212B07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDD9FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFD9F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DAD9E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10.2 Lavender · ΔE 10.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 18.8 Ghost white · ΔE 19.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EEF8D4

Analogous#D4DCF8, #F0D4F8

Triadic#F8DED4, #D4F8DE

Split complementary#F8F0D4, #DCF8D4

Tetradic#F8D4DC, #EEF8D4, #D4F8F0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#BCA8F1

Darker −20%#9B7CEA

Darker −30%#7950E3

Darker −40%#5725DB

More saturated +25%#DBCEFE

Less saturated −25%#E1DAF2

Channel breakdown

R222

G212

B248

Red222 (87.1%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue256.67°

Saturation (HSL)72%

Lightness90.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G D4 · B F8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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