Colour

#DFCAEA

#DFCAEA
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DFCAEA is a violet with RGB values 223, 202, 234 and HSL 279°, 43%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DFCAEA#DFCAEA

HEX#DFCAEA

RGBrgb(223, 202, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.7922, 0.9176

RGB percentages87.5%, 79.2%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(279.4, 43.2%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.4, 13.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK4.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,666,474

CSS custom property--colour: #DFCAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.77:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#203515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6D0EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAD2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#DECDD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.4 Lavender · ΔE 12.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5 Light grey · ΔE 18.5 Lavender blush · ΔE 18.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5EACA

Analogous#CFCAEA, #EACAE5

Triadic#EADFCA, #CAEADF

Split complementary#E5EACA, #CAEACF

Tetradic#EACFCA, #D5EACA, #CAE5EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5EFF8

Darker −10%#C9A5DC

Darker −20%#B381CD

Darker −30%#9D5CBF

Darker −40%#8442A6

More saturated +25%#E2C1F3

Less saturated −25%#DCD3E1

Channel breakdown

R223

G202

B234

Red223 (87.5%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue279.38°

Saturation (HSL)43.24%

Lightness85.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G CA · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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