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#DBC8EA

#dbc8ea ≈ Thistle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dbc8ea is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.41% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 273.53°, with 44.74% saturation and 85.1% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6231

Complementary

  1. #dbc8ea
  2. #d7eac8

Split complementary

  1. #dbc8ea
  2. #e8eac8
  3. #c8eaca

Analogous

  1. #cac8ea
  2. #dbc8ea
  3. #eac8e8

Triadic

  1. #dbc8ea
  2. #eadbc8
  3. #c8eadb

Tetradic

  1. #dbc8ea
  2. #eac8d7
  3. #d7eac8
  4. #c8eadb

Square

  1. #dbc8ea
  2. #eacac8
  3. #d7eac8
  4. #c8e8ea

Monochromatic

  1. #9359c0
  2. #b791d5
  3. #dbc8ea
  4. #f5f0f9
  5. #f5f0f9

Shades

#dbc8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbc8ea
  2. #c5b4d3
  3. #afa0bb
  4. #998ca4
  5. #83788c
  6. #6e6475
  7. #58505e
  8. #423c46
  9. #2c282f
  10. #161417
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbc8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbc8ea
  2. #dfceec
  3. #e2d3ee
  4. #e6d9f0
  5. #e9def2
  6. #ede4f5
  7. #f1e9f7
  8. #f4eff9
  9. #f8f4fb
  10. #fbfafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbc8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbc8ea
  2. #d2c1df
  3. #c9bad5
  4. #c0b2ca
  5. #b7abc0
  6. #aea4b5
  7. #a49daa
  8. #9b96a0
  9. #928e95
  10. #89878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4ccda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ceec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7cfe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daccd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdcceb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfcce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dacadd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbc8ea {
  color: #dbc8ea;
}
Background
.bg-dbc8ea {
  background-color: #dbc8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbc8ea {
  border: 2px solid #dbc8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbc8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 45% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbc8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbc8ea, #eac8e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbc8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 4.09 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.40 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.19 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.09 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.28 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.11 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.35 #243715 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Thistle
#dbc8ea  rgb(219, 200, 234)  hsl(274, 45%, 85%)  Thistle
#d7eac8  rgb(215, 234, 200)  hsl(94, 45%, 85%)  Tea Green
#eadbc8  rgb(234, 219, 200)  hsl(34, 45%, 85%)  Bone
#c8eadb  rgb(200, 234, 219)  hsl(154, 45%, 85%)  Honeydew