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#DEC8EA

#dec8ea ≈ Thistle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dec8ea is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.13% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.82°, 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 13.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 3.76.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6278

Complementary

  1. #dec8ea
  2. #d4eac8

Split complementary

  1. #dec8ea
  2. #e5eac8
  3. #c8eacd

Analogous

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #dec8ea
  3. #eac8e5

Triadic

  1. #dec8ea
  2. #eadec8
  3. #c8eade

Tetradic

  1. #dec8ea
  2. #eac8d4
  3. #d4eac8
  4. #c8eade

Square

  1. #dec8ea
  2. #eacdc8
  3. #d4eac8
  4. #c8e5ea

Monochromatic

  1. #9c59c0
  2. #bd91d5
  3. #dec8ea
  4. #f6f0f9
  5. #f6f0f9

Shades

#dec8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec8ea
  2. #c8b4d3
  3. #b2a0bb
  4. #9b8ca4
  5. #85788c
  6. #6f6475
  7. #59505e
  8. #433c46
  9. #2c282f
  10. #161417
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec8ea
  2. #e1ceec
  3. #e5d3ee
  4. #e8d9f0
  5. #ebdef2
  6. #efe4f5
  7. #f2e9f7
  8. #f5eff9
  9. #f8f4fb
  10. #fcfafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec8ea
  2. #d5c1df
  3. #cbbad5
  4. #c2b2ca
  5. #b8abc0
  6. #afa4b5
  7. #a69daa
  8. #9c96a0
  9. #938e95
  10. #89878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5cddb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ceec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8d0e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddccd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfcceb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1cde9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #decadd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec8ea {
  color: #dec8ea;
}
Background
.bg-dec8ea {
  background-color: #dec8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec8ea {
  border: 2px solid #dec8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 45% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec8ea, #eac8e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 3.76 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.80 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.91 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.81 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.82 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.00 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.25 #213715 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Thistle
#dec8ea  rgb(222, 200, 234)  hsl(279, 45%, 85%)  Thistle
#d4eac8  rgb(212, 234, 200)  hsl(99, 45%, 85%)  Tea Green
#eadec8  rgb(234, 222, 200)  hsl(39, 45%, 85%)  Pearl
#c8eade  rgb(200, 234, 222)  hsl(159, 45%, 85%)  Light Cyan