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#DFDCEA

#dfdcea ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdcea 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, 86.27% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.7% cyan, 5.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 252.86°, with 25% saturation and 89.02% 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 15.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.7281

Complementary

  1. #dfdcea
  2. #e7eadc

Split complementary

  1. #dfdcea
  2. #eae6dc
  3. #e0eadc

Analogous

  1. #dce0ea
  2. #dfdcea
  3. #e6dcea

Triadic

  1. #dfdcea
  2. #eadfdc
  3. #dceadf

Tetradic

  1. #dfdcea
  2. #eadce7
  3. #e7eadc
  4. #dceadf

Square

  1. #dfdcea
  2. #eadce0
  3. #e7eadc
  4. #dceae6

Monochromatic

  1. #887cb1
  2. #b3accd
  3. #dfdcea
  4. #f3f2f7
  5. #f3f2f7

Shades

#dfdcea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdcea
  2. #c9c6d3
  3. #b2b0bb
  4. #9c9aa4
  5. #86848c
  6. #706e75
  7. #59585e
  8. #434246
  9. #2d2c2f
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdcea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdcea
  2. #e2e0ec
  3. #e5e3ee
  4. #e9e7f0
  5. #eceaf2
  6. #efeef5
  7. #f2f1f7
  8. #f5f5f9
  9. #f9f8fb
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdcea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdcea
  2. #d6d3df
  3. #cccad5
  4. #c3c0ca
  5. #b9b7c0
  6. #b0aeb5
  7. #a6a5aa
  8. #9d9ca0
  9. #939295
  10. #8a898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedde3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9deeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dadeea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dddee0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcddea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcddea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedde4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdcea {
  color: #dfdcea;
}
Background
.bg-dfdcea {
  background-color: #dfdcea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdcea {
  border: 2px solid #dfdcea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdcea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 220 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 25% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdcea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdcea, #e6dcea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdcea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 220 234 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 3.27 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.32 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.72 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 6.82 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 7.08 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.49 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.49 #202315 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdcea  rgb(223, 220, 234)  hsl(253, 25%, 89%)  Lavender
#e7eadc  rgb(231, 234, 220)  hsl(73, 25%, 89%)  Eggshell
#eadfdc  rgb(234, 223, 220)  hsl(13, 25%, 89%)  Timberwolf
#dceadf  rgb(220, 234, 223)  hsl(133, 25%, 89%)  Honeydew