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#DFDFE9

#dfdfe9 ≈ Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfdfe9 is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 87.45% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.29% cyan, 4.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 18.52% saturation and 89.41% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 4.38.

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Relative luminance0.7435

Complementary

  1. #dfdfe9
  2. #e9e9df

Split complementary

  1. #dfdfe9
  2. #e9e4df
  3. #e4e9df

Analogous

  1. #dfe4e9
  2. #dfdfe9
  3. #e4dfe9

Triadic

  1. #dfdfe9
  2. #e9dfdf
  3. #dfe9df

Tetradic

  1. #dfdfe9
  2. #e9dfe9
  3. #e9e9df
  4. #dfe9df

Square

  1. #dfdfe9
  2. #e9dfe4
  3. #e9e9df
  4. #dfe9e4

Monochromatic

  1. #8484ab
  2. #b2b2ca
  3. #dfdfe9
  4. #f3f3f7
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#dfdfe9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdfe9
  2. #c9c9d2
  3. #b2b2ba
  4. #9c9ca3
  5. #86868c
  6. #707075
  7. #59595d
  8. #434346
  9. #2d2d2f
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdfe9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdfe9
  2. #e2e2eb
  3. #e5e5ed
  4. #e9e9f0
  5. #ececf2
  6. #efeff4
  7. #f2f2f6
  8. #f5f5f8
  9. #f9f9fb
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdfe9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdfe9
  2. #d6d6df
  3. #ccccd4
  4. #c3c3ca
  5. #b9b9bf
  6. #b0b0b5
  7. #a6a6aa
  8. #9d9da0
  9. #939395
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfdfe4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde0ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dddfe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dde1e2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dee0e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dedfe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dee0e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdfe9 {
  color: #dfdfe9;
}
Background
.bg-dfdfe9 {
  background-color: #dfdfe9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdfe9 {
  border: 2px solid #dfdfe9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdfe9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 223 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 19% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdfe9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdfe9, #e4dfe9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdfe9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 223 233 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 4.38 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 5.04 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.07 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.46 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.76 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.76 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 6.08 #202016 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Lavender
#dfdfe9  rgb(223, 223, 233)  hsl(240, 19%, 89%)  Lavender
#e9e9df  rgb(233, 233, 223)  hsl(60, 19%, 89%)  Platinum
#e9dfdf  rgb(233, 223, 223)  hsl(0, 19%, 89%)  Platinum
#dfe9df  rgb(223, 233, 223)  hsl(120, 19%, 89%)  Honeydew