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Recognised as Colour

#DFD9E6

  • #DFD9E6
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFD9E6 is a violet with RGB values 223, 217, 230 and HSL 268°, 21%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFD9E6#DFD9E6
HEX#DFD9E6
RGBrgb(223, 217, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.851, 0.902
RGB percentages87.5%, 85.1%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(267.7, 20.6%, 87.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 5.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK3%, 5.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,670,310
CSS custom property--colour: #DFD9E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.21:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#202619

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DBE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DBE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DEDBDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 7.2Light grey · ΔE 7.7Lavender blush · ΔE 10.1Ghost white · ΔE 11Alice blue · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0E6D9
Analogous#D9DAE6, #E6D9E6
Triadic#E6DFD9, #D9E6DF
Split complementary#E6E6D9, #DAE6D9
Tetradic#E6D9DA, #E0E6D9, #D9E6E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F8FA
Darker −10%#C5BAD2
Darker −20%#AB9BBE
Darker −30%#917DA9
Darker −40%#786093
More saturated +25%#DED1EE
Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R223
G217
B230
Red223 (87.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue267.69°
Saturation (HSL)20.63%
Lightness87.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G D9 · B E6

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