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Recognised as Colour

#DFACF5

  • #DFACF5
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#DFACF5 is a violet with RGB values 223, 172, 245 and HSL 282°, 78%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DFACF5#DFACF5
HEX#DFACF5
RGBrgb(223, 172, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.6745, 0.9608
RGB percentages87.5%, 67.5%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(281.9, 78.5%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.9, 29.8%, 96.1%)
CMYK9%, 29.8%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,658,805
CSS custom property--colour: #DFACF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.36:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#20530A

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#A2BBF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADC0F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#DEB5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#C2F5AC
Analogous#BBACF5, #F5ACE6
Triadic#F5DFAC, #ACF5DF
Split complementary#E7F5AC, #ACF5BB
Tetradic#F5BBAC, #C2F5AC, #ACE6F5

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1DAFA
Darker −10%#CD7EF0
Darker −20%#BC51EA
Darker −30%#AA23E5
Darker −40%#8C17BE
More saturated +25%#E3A2FF
Less saturated −25%#DAB8E9

Channel breakdown

R223
G172
B245
Red223 (87.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue281.92°
Saturation (HSL)78.49%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G AC · B F5

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