#DFD1F6

sRGB: 223 / 209 / 246

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions disappear beneath stillness
Celestial symphonies find forgotten pathways

#DFD1F6 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 209 green and 246 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 262.7° lands in the violet region. Its 67.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.2% 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 (14.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 209, 246
HSL: 262.70°, 67.27%, 89.22%
HSV / HSB: 262.70°, 15.04%, 96.47%
CMYK (approx.): 9.35%, 15.04%, 0.00%, 3.53%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.863, 67.943, 96.626
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.978, 11.681, -16.357
WCAG relative luminance: 0.67943
24-bit decimal: 14668278

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 #DFD1F6 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: 14.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.44:1

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

#E8F6D1 sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD1F6 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.

#DFD1F6 #E8F6D1

Analogous

#D1D5F6 and #F2D1F6 sit 30° to either side of #DFD1F6. 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.

#D1D5F6 #DFD1F6 #F2D1F6

Triadic

#DFD1F6, #F6DFD1 and #D1F6DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD1F6 #F6DFD1 #D1F6DF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD1F6 and look across the wheel. #F6F2D1 and #D5F6D1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD1F6 #F6F2D1 #D5F6D1

Square

Starting with #DFD1F6, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F6D1D6, #E8F6D1, then #D1F6F2. Across the square, #DFD1F6 pairs with #E8F6D1, and #F6D1D6 with #D1F6F2.

#DFD1F6 #F6D1D6 #E8F6D1 #D1F6F2

Tetradic

#DFD1F6 and #E8F6D1 are opposites, as are #F6D1E8 and #D1F6DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD1F6 #F6D1E8 #E8F6D1 #D1F6DF

Tints

Mixing #DFD1F6 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DAF8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F6FD, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD1F6 #E5DAF8 #ECE3FA #F2EDFB #F9F6FD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD1F6 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A7C5, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2A31, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD1F6 #B2A7C5 #867D94 #595462 #2D2A31 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD1F6 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC1DE, keeps 80% of the original. By #939098, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD1F6 #CCC1DE #B9B1C7 #A6A0AF #939098 #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

#DFD1F6

RGB

rgb(223 209 246)

HSL

hsl(262.703 67.273% 89.216%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD1F6;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD1F6 uses 223 red, 209 green and 246 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 82.0%

Blue 96.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD1F6 is 9.3% cyan, 15.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 3.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 9.3%

Magenta 15.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 3.5%

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 #DFD1F6 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

#DFD1F6 #E1D7F0 #E2DDEA #E4E4E4 #E5EADD #E7F0D7 #E8F6D1

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD1F6 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.

#CBD7F8

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.

#CDD7F5

Tritanopia

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

#DCD6DD

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.

#D2D5F7

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.

#D3D5F5

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DED3ED

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D7D7D7

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.

#DBD4E7

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 0.63760 B 0.92158

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 0.86510 G 0.82151 B 0.95370

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72010 G 0.64093 B 0.89788

CIE xyY

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

x 0.298 y 0.290 Y 67.943

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 18.039 Y % 3.529

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11010001 11110110