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Recognised as Colour

#DFCBED

  • #DFCBED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DFCBED is a violet with RGB values 223, 203, 237 and HSL 275°, 49%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DFCBED#DFCBED
HEX#DFCBED
RGBrgb(223, 203, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.7961, 0.9294
RGB percentages87.5%, 79.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(275.3, 48.6%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 14.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK5.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,666,733
CSS custom property--colour: #DFCBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#203412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD3ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DECFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.5Lavender · ΔE 12.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Light grey · ΔE 19.3Lavender blush · ΔE 19.4Gainsboro · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9EDCB
Analogous#CECBED, #EDCBEA
Triadic#EDDFCB, #CBEDDF
Split complementary#EAEDCB, #CBEDCE
Tetradic#EDCECB, #D9EDCB, #CBEAED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6F1FA
Darker −10%#C8A5E0
Darker −20%#B07FD3
Darker −30%#9959C6
Darker −40%#803DAF
More saturated +25%#E1C2F6
Less saturated −25%#DDD4E4

Channel breakdown

R223
G203
B237
Red223 (87.5%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue275.29°
Saturation (HSL)48.57%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G CB · B ED

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