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#DDC8EA

#ddc8ea ≈ Thistle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ddc8ea is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.56% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 277.06°, 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 13.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 3.85.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6262

Complementary

  1. #ddc8ea
  2. #d5eac8

Split complementary

  1. #ddc8ea
  2. #e6eac8
  3. #c8eacc

Analogous

  1. #ccc8ea
  2. #ddc8ea
  3. #eac8e6

Triadic

  1. #ddc8ea
  2. #eaddc8
  3. #c8eadd

Tetradic

  1. #ddc8ea
  2. #eac8d5
  3. #d5eac8
  4. #c8eadd

Square

  1. #ddc8ea
  2. #eaccc8
  3. #d5eac8
  4. #c8e6ea

Monochromatic

  1. #9959c0
  2. #bb91d5
  3. #ddc8ea
  4. #f6f0f9
  5. #f6f0f9

Shades

#ddc8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddc8ea
  2. #c7b4d3
  3. #b1a0bb
  4. #9b8ca4
  5. #85788c
  6. #6f6475
  7. #58505e
  8. #423c46
  9. #2c282f
  10. #161417
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddc8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddc8ea
  2. #e0ceec
  3. #e4d3ee
  4. #e7d9f0
  5. #ebdef2
  6. #eee4f5
  7. #f1e9f7
  8. #f5eff9
  9. #f8f4fb
  10. #fcfafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddc8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddc8ea
  2. #d4c1df
  3. #cabad5
  4. #c1b2ca
  5. #b8abc0
  6. #afa4b5
  7. #a59daa
  8. #9c96a0
  9. #938e95
  10. #89878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5ccdb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ceec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8d0e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcccd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cecceb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1cde9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dccadd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddc8ea {
  color: #ddc8ea;
}
Background
.bg-ddc8ea {
  background-color: #ddc8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddc8ea {
  border: 2px solid #ddc8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddc8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 45% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddc8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddc8ea, #eac8e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddc8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 3.85 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.65 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.67 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.89 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.64 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.03 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.27 #223715 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Thistle
#ddc8ea  rgb(221, 200, 234)  hsl(277, 45%, 85%)  Thistle
#d5eac8  rgb(213, 234, 200)  hsl(97, 45%, 85%)  Tea Green
#eaddc8  rgb(234, 221, 200)  hsl(37, 45%, 85%)  Bone
#c8eadd  rgb(200, 234, 221)  hsl(157, 45%, 85%)  Light Cyan