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#DFD9EA

#dfd9ea ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfd9ea 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, 85.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.7% cyan, 7.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 261.18°, with 28.81% saturation and 88.43% 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 15.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.7125

Complementary

  1. #dfd9ea
  2. #e4ead9

Split complementary

  1. #dfd9ea
  2. #eae7d9
  3. #dbead9

Analogous

  1. #d9dbea
  2. #dfd9ea
  3. #e7d9ea

Triadic

  1. #dfd9ea
  2. #eadfd9
  3. #d9eadf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd9ea
  2. #ead9e4
  3. #e4ead9
  4. #d9eadf

Square

  1. #dfd9ea
  2. #ead9db
  3. #e4ead9
  4. #d9eae7

Monochromatic

  1. #8c76b4
  2. #b6a8cf
  3. #dfd9ea
  4. #f4f2f8
  5. #f4f2f8

Shades

#dfd9ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd9ea
  2. #c9c3d3
  3. #b2aebb
  4. #9c98a4
  5. #86828c
  6. #706d75
  7. #59575e
  8. #434146
  9. #2d2b2f
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd9ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd9ea
  2. #e2ddec
  3. #e5e1ee
  4. #e9e4f0
  5. #ece8f2
  6. #efecf5
  7. #f2f0f7
  8. #f5f4f9
  9. #f9f7fb
  10. #fcfbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd9ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd9ea
  2. #d6d0df
  3. #ccc7d5
  4. #c3beca
  5. #b9b5c0
  6. #b0adb5
  7. #a6a4aa
  8. #9d9ba0
  9. #939295
  10. #8a898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dddbe1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6dbeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7dce9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dddbde ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dadaea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dadbea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedae3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd9ea {
  color: #dfd9ea;
}
Background
.bg-dfd9ea {
  background-color: #dfd9ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd9ea {
  border: 2px solid #dfd9ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd9ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 217 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 29% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd9ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd9ea, #e7d9ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd9ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 217 234 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.78 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 4.10 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 6.29 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 7.81 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 8.30 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.70 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.92 #202615 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfd9ea  rgb(223, 217, 234)  hsl(261, 29%, 88%)  Lavender
#e4ead9  rgb(228, 234, 217)  hsl(81, 29%, 88%)  Beige
#eadfd9  rgb(234, 223, 217)  hsl(21, 29%, 88%)  Timberwolf
#d9eadf  rgb(217, 234, 223)  hsl(141, 29%, 88%)  Honeydew