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#DFDBE8

#dfdbe8 ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdbe8 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, 85.88% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.88% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 258.46°, with 22.03% 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 backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.7218

Complementary

  1. #dfdbe8
  2. #e4e8db

Split complementary

  1. #dfdbe8
  2. #e8e5db
  3. #dde8db

Analogous

  1. #dbdde8
  2. #dfdbe8
  3. #e5dbe8

Triadic

  1. #dfdbe8
  2. #e8dfdb
  3. #dbe8df

Tetradic

  1. #dfdbe8
  2. #e8dbe4
  3. #e4e8db
  4. #dbe8df

Square

  1. #dfdbe8
  2. #e8dbdd
  3. #e4e8db
  4. #dbe8e5

Monochromatic

  1. #8c7eac
  2. #b6acca
  3. #dfdbe8
  4. #f4f3f7
  5. #f4f3f7

Shades

#dfdbe8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdbe8
  2. #c9c5d1
  3. #b2afba
  4. #9c99a2
  5. #86838b
  6. #706e74
  7. #59585d
  8. #434246
  9. #2d2c2e
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdbe8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdbe8
  2. #e2dfea
  3. #e5e2ed
  4. #e9e6ef
  5. #ece9f1
  6. #efedf4
  7. #f2f1f6
  8. #f5f4f8
  9. #f9f8fa
  10. #fcfbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdbe8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdbe8
  2. #d6d2de
  3. #ccc9d3
  4. #c3c0c9
  5. #b9b7be
  6. #b0aeb4
  7. #a6a4aa
  8. #9d9b9f
  9. #939295
  10. #8a898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedce1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9dde9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9dde8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dedddf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdce8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcdce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedce3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdbe8 {
  color: #dfdbe8;
}
Background
.bg-dfdbe8 {
  background-color: #dfdbe8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdbe8 {
  border: 2px solid #dfdbe8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdbe8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 219 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 22% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdbe8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdbe8, #e5dbe8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdbe8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 219 232 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.81 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.42 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.48 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 6.85 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 6.93 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 7.21 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.22 #202417 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdbe8  rgb(223, 219, 232)  hsl(258, 22%, 88%)  Lavender
#e4e8db  rgb(228, 232, 219)  hsl(78, 22%, 88%)  Eggshell
#e8dfdb  rgb(232, 223, 219)  hsl(18, 22%, 88%)  Timberwolf
#dbe8df  rgb(219, 232, 223)  hsl(138, 22%, 88%)  Honeydew