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#DFDAFE

#dfdafe ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdafe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 85.49% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.2% cyan, 14.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 248.33°, with 94.74% saturation and 92.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.64.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.7299

Complementary

  1. #dfdafe
  2. #f9feda

Split complementary

  1. #dfdafe
  2. #fef1da
  3. #e7feda

Analogous

  1. #dae7fe
  2. #dfdafe
  3. #f1dafe

Triadic

  1. #dfdafe
  2. #fedfda
  3. #dafedf

Tetradic

  1. #dfdafe
  2. #fedaf9
  3. #f9feda
  4. #dafedf

Square

  1. #dfdafe
  2. #fedae7
  3. #f9feda
  4. #dafef1

Monochromatic

  1. #5e45fa
  2. #9f90fc
  3. #dfdafe
  4. #eeebfe
  5. #eeebfe

Shades

#dfdafe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdafe
  2. #c9c4e5
  3. #b2aecb
  4. #9c99b2
  5. #868398
  6. #706d7f
  7. #595766
  8. #43414c
  9. #2d2c33
  10. #161619
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdafe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdafe
  2. #e2defe
  3. #e5e1fe
  4. #e9e5fe
  5. #ece9fe
  6. #efedff
  7. #f2f0ff
  8. #f5f4ff
  9. #f9f8ff
  10. #fcfbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdafe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdafe
  2. #d6d1f1
  3. #ccc8e5
  4. #c3bfd8
  5. #b9b6cc
  6. #b0adbf
  7. #a6a4b2
  8. #9d9ba6
  9. #939299
  10. #8a898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedceb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2deff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3ddfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9dfe6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8ddff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8dcfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dcddf0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdafe {
  color: #dfdafe;
}
Background
.bg-dfdafe {
  background-color: #dfdafe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdafe {
  border: 2px solid #dfdafe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdafe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 218 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 95% 93%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdafe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdafe, #f1dafe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdafe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 218 254 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.64 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 6.21 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.11 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.49 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 10.25 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 12.41 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 12.43 #202501 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#dfdafe  rgb(223, 218, 254)  hsl(248, 95%, 93%)  Periwinkle
#f9feda  rgb(249, 254, 218)  hsl(68, 95%, 93%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#fedfda  rgb(254, 223, 218)  hsl(8, 95%, 93%)  Misty Rose
#dafedf  rgb(218, 254, 223)  hsl(128, 95%, 93%)  Tea Green