#DFDDF2 colour

#DFDDF2 is a very light muted blue close to CSS lavender. RGB 223, 221, 242, HSL 246, 45%, 91%. Black text passes AAA (15.76:1), white fails (1.33:1).

#DFDDF2

Nearest CSS name: lavender #e6e6fa (not an exact match)
Described as: a very light muted blue
Red, green, blue: 223, 221, 242
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.7381 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#dfddf2`
RGB	`rgb(223, 221, 242)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(87.5% 86.7% 94.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(245.7, 44.7%, 90.8%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(245.7, 8.7%, 94.9%)`
HWB	`hwb(245.7 86.7% 5.1%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(8%, 9%, 0%, 5%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(88.75% 3.63 -10.03)`
OKLCH	`oklch(90.54% 0.0285 290.19)`
Decimal	`14671346`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.33:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 15.76:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	15.76:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #DFDDF2 (15.76:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#e2e0f3 18%#e5e3f4 27%#e8e6f6 36%#ebe9f7 45%#eeecf8 55%#f0f0f9 64%#f3f3fa 73%#f6f6fb 82%#f9f9fd 91%#fcfcfe

9%#cbc9dc 18%#b6b5c6 27%#a2a1b0 36%#8e8d9a 45%#7a7984 55%#65646e 64%#515058 73%#3d3c42 82%#29282c 91%#141416

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#dfddf2 #f0f2dd

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#dde6f2 #dfddf2 #eaddf2

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#dfddf2 #f2dfdd #ddf2df

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#dfddf2 #f2eadd #e6f2dd

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#dfddf2 #f2dde6 #f0f2dd #ddf2ea

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#dfddf2 Protanopia#d9dff3 Deuteranopia#d9dff1 Tritanopia#dce0e4 Achromatopsia#dfdfdf

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #dfddf2;`
Background	`background-color: #dfddf2;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #dfddf2;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(223 221 242 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #dfddf2;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfddf2, #868591);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #ecebf7, #dfddf2);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #dfddf2; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #DFDDF2 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.