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#dfdbea ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdbea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.7% cyan, 6.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 256°, with 26.32% saturation and 88.82% 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 15.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.32.

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Relative luminance0.7229

Complementary

  1. #dfdbea
  2. #e6eadb

Split complementary

  1. #dfdbea
  2. #eae6db
  3. #deeadb

Analogous

  1. #dbdeea
  2. #dfdbea
  3. #e6dbea

Triadic

  1. #dfdbea
  2. #eadfdb
  3. #dbeadf

Tetradic

  1. #dfdbea
  2. #eadbe6
  3. #e6eadb
  4. #dbeadf

Square

  1. #dfdbea
  2. #eadbde
  3. #e6eadb
  4. #dbeae6

Monochromatic

  1. #897ab2
  2. #b4abce
  3. #dfdbea
  4. #f4f2f7
  5. #f4f2f7

Shades

#dfdbea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdbea
  2. #c9c5d3
  3. #b2afbb
  4. #9c99a4
  5. #86838c
  6. #706e75
  7. #59585e
  8. #434246
  9. #2d2c2f
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdbea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdbea
  2. #e2dfec
  3. #e5e2ee
  4. #e9e6f0
  5. #ece9f2
  6. #efedf5
  7. #f2f1f7
  8. #f5f4f9
  9. #f9f8fb
  10. #fcfbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdbea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdbea
  2. #d6d2df
  3. #ccc9d5
  4. #c3c0ca
  5. #b9b7c0
  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 15.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedce2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8ddeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9ddea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dddde0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdcea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbdcea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedce4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdbea {
  color: #dfdbea;
}
Background
.bg-dfdbea {
  background-color: #dfdbea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdbea {
  border: 2px solid #dfdbea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdbea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 219 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 26% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdbea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdbea, #e6dbea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdbea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 219 234 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.32 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.14 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.59 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 7.30 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 7.55 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 7.62 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.96 #202415 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdbea  rgb(223, 219, 234)  hsl(256, 26%, 89%)  Lavender
#e6eadb  rgb(230, 234, 219)  hsl(76, 26%, 89%)  Beige
#eadfdb  rgb(234, 223, 219)  hsl(16, 26%, 89%)  Timberwolf
#dbeadf  rgb(219, 234, 223)  hsl(136, 26%, 89%)  Honeydew