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#dfdced ≈ Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdced 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.91% cyan, 7.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 250.59°, with 32.08% saturation and 89.61% 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 15.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 2.64.

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Relative luminance0.7299

Complementary

  1. #dfdced
  2. #eaeddc

Split complementary

  1. #dfdced
  2. #ede8dc
  3. #e2eddc

Analogous

  1. #dce2ed
  2. #dfdced
  3. #e8dced

Triadic

  1. #dfdced
  2. #eddfdc
  3. #dceddf

Tetradic

  1. #dfdced
  2. #eddcea
  3. #eaeddc
  4. #dceddf

Square

  1. #dfdced
  2. #eddce2
  3. #eaeddc
  4. #dcede8

Monochromatic

  1. #8377b9
  2. #b1a9d3
  3. #dfdced
  4. #f3f2f8
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#dfdced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdced
  2. #c9c6d5
  3. #b2b0be
  4. #9c9aa6
  5. #86848e
  6. #706e77
  7. #59585f
  8. #434247
  9. #2d2c2f
  10. #161618
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdced
  2. #e2e0ef
  3. #e5e3f1
  4. #e9e7f2
  5. #eceaf4
  6. #efeef6
  7. #f2f1f8
  8. #f5f5fa
  9. #f9f8fb
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdced
  2. #d6d3e2
  3. #cccad7
  4. #c3c0cc
  5. #b9b7c1
  6. #b0aeb7
  7. #a6a5ac
  8. #9d9ca1
  9. #939296
  10. #8a898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedde4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9deee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9deec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dddee1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbdded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dedde6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdced {
  color: #dfdced;
}
Background
.bg-dfdced {
  background-color: #dfdced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdced {
  border: 2px solid #dfdced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 220 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 32% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdced, #e8dced);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 220 237 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 2.64 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.35 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.69 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 7.45 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 8.04 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.22 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 8.59 #202312 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdced  rgb(223, 220, 237)  hsl(251, 32%, 90%)  Lavender
#eaeddc  rgb(234, 237, 220)  hsl(71, 32%, 90%)  Beige
#eddfdc  rgb(237, 223, 220)  hsl(11, 32%, 90%)  Misty Rose
#dceddf  rgb(220, 237, 223)  hsl(131, 32%, 90%)  Honeydew