Recognised as Colour

#DFAEFA

#DFAEFA
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#DFAEFA is a violet with RGB values 223, 174, 250 and HSL 279°, 88%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DFAEFA#DFAEFA

HEX#DFAEFA

RGBrgb(223, 174, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.6824, 0.9804

RGB percentages87.5%, 68.2%, 98%

HSLhsl(278.7, 88.4%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 30.4%, 98%)

CMYK10.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,659,322

CSS custom property--colour: #DFAEFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#205105

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2BEFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADC2F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DDB8C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.1 Violet · ΔE 27 Thistle · ΔE 28.3 Orchid · ΔE 28.5 Medium purple · ΔE 30.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9FAAE

Analogous#B9AEFA, #FAAEEF

Triadic#FADFAE, #AEFADF

Split complementary#EFFAAE, #AEFAB9

Tetradic#FAB9AE, #C9FAAE, #AEEFFA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2DEFD

Darker −10%#CC7EF7

Darker −20%#B94EF4

Darker −30%#A61EF1

Darker −40%#8A0DCF

More saturated +25%#E0A9FF

Less saturated −25%#DCB9EF

Channel breakdown

R223

G174

B250

Red223 (87.5%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue278.68°

Saturation (HSL)88.37%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G AE · B FA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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