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#DFDBEC

#dfdbec ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdbec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.51% cyan, 7.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 254.12°, with 30.91% saturation and 89.22% 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 15.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.

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Relative luminance0.7241

Complementary

  1. #dfdbec
  2. #e8ecdb

Split complementary

  1. #dfdbec
  2. #ece8db
  3. #e0ecdb

Analogous

  1. #dbe0ec
  2. #dfdbec
  3. #e8dbec

Triadic

  1. #dfdbec
  2. #ecdfdb
  3. #dbecdf

Tetradic

  1. #dfdbec
  2. #ecdbe8
  3. #e8ecdb
  4. #dbecdf

Square

  1. #dfdbec
  2. #ecdbe0
  3. #e8ecdb
  4. #dbece8

Monochromatic

  1. #8677b7
  2. #b3a9d2
  3. #dfdbec
  4. #f3f2f8
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#dfdbec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdbec
  2. #c9c5d4
  3. #b2afbd
  4. #9c99a5
  5. #86838e
  6. #706e76
  7. #59585e
  8. #434247
  9. #2d2c2f
  10. #161618
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdbec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdbec
  2. #e2dfee
  3. #e5e2f0
  4. #e9e6f2
  5. #ece9f4
  6. #efedf6
  7. #f2f1f7
  8. #f5f4f9
  9. #f9f8fb
  10. #fcfbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdbec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdbec
  2. #d6d2e1
  3. #ccc9d6
  4. #c3c0cc
  5. #b9b7c1
  6. #b0aeb6
  7. #a6a4ab
  8. #9d9ba0
  9. #939296
  10. #8a898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedce3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8dded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8ddeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dddde0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdcec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbdcec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedce5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdbec {
  color: #dfdbec;
}
Background
.bg-dfdbec {
  background-color: #dfdbec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdbec {
  border: 2px solid #dfdbec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdbec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 219 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 31% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdbec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdbec, #e8dbec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdbec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 219 236 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.00 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 4.92 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.86 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 7.72 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 7.93 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.37 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.68 #202413 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdbec  rgb(223, 219, 236)  hsl(254, 31%, 89%)  Lavender
#e8ecdb  rgb(232, 236, 219)  hsl(74, 31%, 89%)  Beige
#ecdfdb  rgb(236, 223, 219)  hsl(14, 31%, 89%)  Timberwolf
#dbecdf  rgb(219, 236, 223)  hsl(134, 31%, 89%)  Honeydew