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Recognised as Colour

#DED9E5

  • #DED9E5
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DED9E5 is a violet with RGB values 222, 217, 229 and HSL 265°, 19%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DED9E5#DED9E5
HEX#DED9E5
RGBrgb(222, 217, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.851, 0.898
RGB percentages87.1%, 85.1%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(265, 18.8%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265, 5.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK3.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,604,773
CSS custom property--colour: #DED9E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#21261A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DBE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DBE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#DDDADDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.2Gainsboro · ΔE 6.6Light grey · ΔE 7.1Lavender blush · ΔE 10.1Ghost white · ΔE 10.9Alice blue · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0E5D9
Analogous#D9DAE5, #E4D9E5
Triadic#E5DED9, #D9E5DE
Split complementary#E5E4D9, #DAE5D9
Tetradic#E5D9DA, #E0E5D9, #D9E5E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F7FA
Darker −10%#C4BBD0
Darker −20%#A99CBC
Darker −30%#8F7EA7
Darker −40%#756290
More saturated +25%#DDD1ED
Less saturated −25%#DFDFDF

Channel breakdown

R222
G217
B229
Red222 (87.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue265°
Saturation (HSL)18.75%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G D9 · B E5

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