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#DFDCE8

#dfdce8 ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdce8 is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 86.27% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.88% cyan, 5.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 255°, with 20.69% saturation and 88.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.727

Complementary

  1. #dfdce8
  2. #e5e8dc

Split complementary

  1. #dfdce8
  2. #e8e5dc
  3. #dfe8dc

Analogous

  1. #dcdfe8
  2. #dfdce8
  3. #e5dce8

Triadic

  1. #dfdce8
  2. #e8dfdc
  3. #dce8df

Tetradic

  1. #dfdce8
  2. #e8dce5
  3. #e5e8dc
  4. #dce8df

Square

  1. #dfdce8
  2. #e8dcdf
  3. #e5e8dc
  4. #dce8e5

Monochromatic

  1. #8b80ab
  2. #b5aeca
  3. #dfdce8
  4. #f4f3f7
  5. #f4f3f7

Shades

#dfdce8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdce8
  2. #c9c6d1
  3. #b2b0ba
  4. #9c9aa2
  5. #86848b
  6. #706e74
  7. #59585d
  8. #434246
  9. #2d2c2e
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdce8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdce8
  2. #e2e0ea
  3. #e5e3ed
  4. #e9e7ef
  5. #eceaf1
  6. #efeef4
  7. #f2f1f6
  8. #f5f5f8
  9. #f9f8fa
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdce8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdce8
  2. #d6d3de
  3. #cccad3
  4. #c3c0c9
  5. #b9b7be
  6. #b0aeb4
  7. #a6a5aa
  8. #9d9c9f
  9. #939295
  10. #8a898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedde2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dadee9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dadde8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dedee0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcdde8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcdde8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedde3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdce8 {
  color: #dfdce8;
}
Background
.bg-dfdce8 {
  background-color: #dfdce8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdce8 {
  border: 2px solid #dfdce8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdce8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 220 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 21% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdce8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdce8, #e5dce8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdce8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 220 232 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.87 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.22 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.10 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 6.28 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 6.47 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 6.73 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 6.73 #202317 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdce8  rgb(223, 220, 232)  hsl(255, 21%, 89%)  Lavender
#e5e8dc  rgb(229, 232, 220)  hsl(75, 21%, 89%)  Eggshell
#e8dfdc  rgb(232, 223, 220)  hsl(15, 21%, 89%)  Timberwolf
#dce8df  rgb(220, 232, 223)  hsl(135, 21%, 89%)  Honeydew