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#DFDBE9

#dfdbe9 ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdbe9 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 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.29% cyan, 6.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 257.14°, with 24.14% saturation and 88.63% 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 15.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.55.

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Relative luminance0.7223

Complementary

  1. #dfdbe9
  2. #e5e9db

Split complementary

  1. #dfdbe9
  2. #e9e6db
  3. #dee9db

Analogous

  1. #dbdee9
  2. #dfdbe9
  3. #e6dbe9

Triadic

  1. #dfdbe9
  2. #e9dfdb
  3. #dbe9df

Tetradic

  1. #dfdbe9
  2. #e9dbe5
  3. #e5e9db
  4. #dbe9df

Square

  1. #dfdbe9
  2. #e9dbde
  3. #e5e9db
  4. #dbe9e6

Monochromatic

  1. #8b7caf
  2. #b5accc
  3. #dfdbe9
  4. #f4f2f7
  5. #f4f2f7

Shades

#dfdbe9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdbe9
  2. #c9c5d2
  3. #b2afba
  4. #9c99a3
  5. #86838c
  6. #706e75
  7. #59585d
  8. #434246
  9. #2d2c2f
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdbe9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdbe9
  2. #e2dfeb
  3. #e5e2ed
  4. #e9e6f0
  5. #ece9f2
  6. #efedf4
  7. #f2f1f6
  8. #f5f4f8
  9. #f9f8fb
  10. #fcfbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdbe9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdbe9
  2. #d6d2df
  3. #ccc9d4
  4. #c3c0ca
  5. #b9b7bf
  6. #b0aeb5
  7. #a6a4aa
  8. #9d9ba0
  9. #939295
  10. #8a898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedce2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9ddea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9dde9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dddddf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdce9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcdce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedce3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdbe9 {
  color: #dfdbe9;
}
Background
.bg-dfdbe9 {
  background-color: #dfdbe9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdbe9 {
  border: 2px solid #dfdbe9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdbe9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 219 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 24% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdbe9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdbe9, #e6dbe9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdbe9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 219 233 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.55 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.30 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.49 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 7.11 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 7.24 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 7.37 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.59 #202416 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdbe9  rgb(223, 219, 233)  hsl(257, 24%, 89%)  Lavender
#e5e9db  rgb(229, 233, 219)  hsl(77, 24%, 89%)  Eggshell
#e9dfdb  rgb(233, 223, 219)  hsl(17, 24%, 89%)  Timberwolf
#dbe9df  rgb(219, 233, 223)  hsl(137, 24%, 89%)  Honeydew