#DFD0E7

sRGB: 223 / 208 / 231

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions fade beyond remembrance
Infinite wonders embrace the coming dawn

#DFD0E7 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 208 green and 231 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 279.1° lands in the violet region. Its 32.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.31:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 208, 231
HSL: 279.13°, 32.39%, 86.08%
HSV / HSB: 279.13°, 9.96%, 90.59%
CMYK (approx.): 3.46%, 9.96%, 0.00%, 9.41%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.408, 66.570, 84.902
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.286, 9.314, -9.440
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66569
24-bit decimal: 14668007

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DFD0E7 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.31:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.47:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#D8E7D0 sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD0E7 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DFD0E7 #D8E7D0

Analogous

#D4D0E7 and #E7D0E3 sit 30° to either side of #DFD0E7. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#D4D0E7 #DFD0E7 #E7D0E3

Triadic

#DFD0E7, #E7DFD0 and #D0E7DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD0E7 #E7DFD0 #D0E7DF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD0E7 and look across the wheel. #E3E7D0 and #D0E7D4 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD0E7 #E3E7D0 #D0E7D4

Square

Starting with #DFD0E7, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E7D4D0, #D8E7D0, then #D0E3E7. Across the square, #DFD0E7 pairs with #D8E7D0, and #E7D4D0 with #D0E3E7.

#DFD0E7 #E7D4D0 #D8E7D0 #D0E3E7

Tetradic

#DFD0E7 and #D8E7D0 are opposites, as are #E7D0D8 and #D0E7DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD0E7 #E7D0D8 #D8E7D0 #D0E7DF

Tints

Mixing #DFD0E7 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D9EC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F6FA, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD0E7 #E5D9EC #ECE3F1 #F2ECF5 #F9F6FA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD0E7 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A6B9, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2A2E, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD0E7 #B2A6B9 #867D8B #59535C #2D2A2E #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD0E7 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC0D2, keeps 80% of the original. By #939095, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD0E7 #CCC0D2 #B9B0BE #A6A0A9 #939095 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DFD0E7

RGB

rgb(223 208 231)

HSL

hsl(279.130 32.394% 86.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD0E7;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD0E7 uses 223 red, 208 green and 231 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 81.6%

Blue 90.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD0E7 is 3.5% cyan, 10.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 9.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 3.5%

Magenta 10.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 9.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFD0E7 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCCEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#DFD0E7 #DED4E3 #DDD8DF #DCDCDC #DADFD8 #D9E3D4 #D8E7D0

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD0E7 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CDD4E8

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D0D5E6

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#DFD2D7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D4D3E7

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D5D4E6

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DED1E2

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D5D5D5

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#DAD3DE

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.73791 G 0.63076 B 0.79910

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.86445 G 0.81773 B 0.89922

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.71889 G 0.63431 B 0.78587

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.308 y 0.304 Y 66.570

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.549 M % 18.431 Y % 9.412

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011111 11010000 11100111