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#DFDAE8

#dfdae8 ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdae8 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, 85.49% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.88% cyan, 6.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 261.43°, with 23.33% saturation and 88.24% 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 backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.7166

Complementary

  1. #dfdae8
  2. #e3e8da

Split complementary

  1. #dfdae8
  2. #e8e6da
  3. #dce8da

Analogous

  1. #dadce8
  2. #dfdae8
  3. #e6dae8

Triadic

  1. #dfdae8
  2. #e8dfda
  3. #dae8df

Tetradic

  1. #dfdae8
  2. #e8dae3
  3. #e3e8da
  4. #dae8df

Square

  1. #dfdae8
  2. #e8dadc
  3. #e3e8da
  4. #dae8e6

Monochromatic

  1. #8d7cad
  2. #b6abcb
  3. #dfdae8
  4. #f4f2f7
  5. #f4f2f7

Shades

#dfdae8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdae8
  2. #c9c4d1
  3. #b2aeba
  4. #9c99a2
  5. #86838b
  6. #706d74
  7. #59575d
  8. #434146
  9. #2d2c2e
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdae8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdae8
  2. #e2deea
  3. #e5e1ed
  4. #e9e5ef
  5. #ece9f1
  6. #efedf4
  7. #f2f0f6
  8. #f5f4f8
  9. #f9f8fa
  10. #fcfbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdae8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdae8
  2. #d6d1de
  3. #ccc8d3
  4. #c3bfc9
  5. #b9b6be
  6. #b0adb4
  7. #a6a4aa
  8. #9d9b9f
  9. #939295
  10. #8a898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dddbe1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8dce9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9dce8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dedcde ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdbe8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbdbe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedbe2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdae8 {
  color: #dfdae8;
}
Background
.bg-dfdae8 {
  background-color: #dfdae8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdae8 {
  border: 2px solid #dfdae8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdae8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 218 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 23% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdae8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdae8, #e6dae8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdae8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 218 232 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.87 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 4.89 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.70 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 7.28 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 7.41 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 7.42 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.72 #202517 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdae8  rgb(223, 218, 232)  hsl(261, 23%, 88%)  Lavender
#e3e8da  rgb(227, 232, 218)  hsl(81, 23%, 88%)  Beige
#e8dfda  rgb(232, 223, 218)  hsl(21, 23%, 88%)  Timberwolf
#dae8df  rgb(218, 232, 223)  hsl(141, 23%, 88%)  Honeydew