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Recognised as Colour

#DED8E2

  • #DED8E2
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DED8E2 is a violet with RGB values 222, 216, 226 and HSL 276°, 15%, 87%. 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

#DED8E2#DED8E2
HEX#DED8E2
RGBrgb(222, 216, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8471, 0.8863
RGB percentages87.1%, 84.7%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(276, 14.7%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 4.4%, 88.6%)
CMYK1.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,604,514
CSS custom property--colour: #DED8E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#21271D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DAE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DAE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#DED9DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 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 text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.7Light grey · ΔE 6.2Lavender · ΔE 7.3Lavender blush · ΔE 9.9Silver · ΔE 10.9Ghost white · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCE2D8
Analogous#D9D8E2, #E2D8E1
Triadic#E2DED8, #D8E2DE
Split complementary#E1E2D8, #D8E2D9
Tetradic#E2D9D8, #DCE2D8, #D8E1E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F5F8
Darker −10%#C5BBCC
Darker −20%#AD9EB7
Darker −30%#9480A1
Darker −40%#7B6689
More saturated +25%#E0D0EB
Less saturated −25%#DDDDDD

Channel breakdown

R222
G216
B226
Red222 (87.1%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)14.71%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G D8 · B E2

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