Colour

#DFCCEE

#DFCCEE
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DFCCEE is a violet with RGB values 223, 204, 238 and HSL 274°, 50%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DFCCEE#DFCCEE

HEX#DFCCEE

RGBrgb(223, 204, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8, 0.9333

RGB percentages87.5%, 80%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(273.5, 50%, 86.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.5, 14.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK6.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,666,990

CSS custom property--colour: #DFCCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.01:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#203311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7D2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBD3EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DED0D7no 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 text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.8 Lavender · ΔE 12.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3 Light grey · ΔE 19.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 19.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.76, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBEECC

Analogous#CECCEE, #EECCEC

Triadic#EEDFCC, #CCEEDF

Split complementary#ECEECC, #CCEECE

Tetradic#EECECC, #DBEECC, #CCECEE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F2FB

Darker −10%#C7A6E1

Darker −20%#AF80D5

Darker −30%#9759C8

Darker −40%#7E3CB3

More saturated +25%#E0C4F7

Less saturated −25%#DED5E6

Channel breakdown

R223

G204

B238

Red223 (87.5%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue273.53°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness86.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G CC · B EE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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