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#DFDFEA

#dfdfea ≈ Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdfea is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 87.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.7% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 20.75% saturation and 89.61% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.97.

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Relative luminance0.744

Complementary

  1. #dfdfea
  2. #eaeadf

Split complementary

  1. #dfdfea
  2. #eae5df
  3. #e5eadf

Analogous

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #dfdfea
  3. #e5dfea

Triadic

  1. #dfdfea
  2. #eadfdf
  3. #dfeadf

Tetradic

  1. #dfdfea
  2. #eadfea
  3. #eaeadf
  4. #dfeadf

Square

  1. #dfdfea
  2. #eadfe5
  3. #eaeadf
  4. #dfeae5

Monochromatic

  1. #8383ad
  2. #b1b1cc
  3. #dfdfea
  4. #f3f3f7
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#dfdfea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdfea
  2. #c9c9d3
  3. #b2b2bb
  4. #9c9ca4
  5. #86868c
  6. #707075
  7. #59595e
  8. #434346
  9. #2d2d2f
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdfea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdfea
  2. #e2e2ec
  3. #e5e5ee
  4. #e9e9f0
  5. #ececf2
  6. #efeff5
  7. #f2f2f7
  8. #f5f5f9
  9. #f9f9fb
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdfea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdfea
  2. #d6d6df
  3. #ccccd5
  4. #c3c3ca
  5. #b9b9c0
  6. #b0b0b5
  7. #a6a6aa
  8. #9d9da0
  9. #939395
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfdfe4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde0eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dce0ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dde1e2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dee0ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dddfea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dee0e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdfea {
  color: #dfdfea;
}
Background
.bg-dfdfea {
  background-color: #dfdfea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdfea {
  border: 2px solid #dfdfea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdfea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 223 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 21% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdfea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdfea, #e5dfea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdfea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 223 234 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.97 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.01 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 5.47 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.58 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 6.15 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 6.15 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 6.52 #202015 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdfea  rgb(223, 223, 234)  hsl(240, 21%, 90%)  Lavender
#eaeadf  rgb(234, 234, 223)  hsl(60, 21%, 90%)  Eggshell
#eadfdf  rgb(234, 223, 223)  hsl(0, 21%, 90%)  Lavender Blush
#dfeadf  rgb(223, 234, 223)  hsl(120, 21%, 90%)  Honeydew