#DFD4EA

sRGB: 223 / 212 / 234

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions breathe beneath silver clouds
Infinite wonders illuminate hidden worlds

#DFD4EA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 212 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 270.0° lands in the violet region. Its 34.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.5% 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 (14.74:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 212, 234
HSL: 270.00°, 34.37%, 87.45%
HSV / HSB: 270.00°, 9.40%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 4.70%, 9.40%, 0.00%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.823, 68.716, 87.482
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.363, 7.770, -9.429
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68715
24-bit decimal: 14669034

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 #DFD4EA 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: 14.74:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.42:1

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

#DFEAD4 sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD4EA 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.

#DFD4EA #DFEAD4

Analogous

#D4D4EA and #EAD4EA sit 30° to either side of #DFD4EA. 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.

#D4D4EA #DFD4EA #EAD4EA

Triadic

#DFD4EA, #EADFD4 and #D4EADF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD4EA #EADFD4 #D4EADF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD4EA and look across the wheel. #EAEAD4 and #D4EAD4 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD4EA #EAEAD4 #D4EAD4

Square

Starting with #DFD4EA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EAD4D4, #DFEAD4, then #D4EAEA. Across the square, #DFD4EA pairs with #DFEAD4, and #EAD4D4 with #D4EAEA.

#DFD4EA #EAD4D4 #DFEAD4 #D4EAEA

Tetradic

#DFD4EA and #DFEAD4 are opposites, as are #EAD4DF and #D4EADF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD4EA #EAD4DF #DFEAD4 #D4EADF

Tints

Mixing #DFD4EA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DDEE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F6FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD4EA #E5DDEE #ECE5F2 #F2EEF7 #F9F6FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD4EA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AABB, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2A2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD4EA #B2AABB #867F8C #59555E #2D2A2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD4EA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC3D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #939195, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD4EA #CCC3D5 #B9B2C0 #A6A2AA #939195 #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

#DFD4EA

RGB

rgb(223 212 234)

HSL

hsl(270.000 34.375% 87.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD4EA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD4EA uses 223 red, 212 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 83.1%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD4EA is 4.7% cyan, 9.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.7%

Magenta 9.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 8.2%

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 #DFD4EA 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

#DFD4EA #DFD8E6 #DFDBE3 #DFDFDF #DFE3DB #DFE6D8 #DFEAD4

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD4EA 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.

#D1D8EB

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.

#D3D8E9

Tritanopia

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

#DED7DB

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.

#D6D6EA

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.

#D7D7EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DED5E5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D8D8D8

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.

#DCD6E1

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 0.65837 B 0.82279

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 0.86706 G 0.83285 B 0.91104

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72379 G 0.66101 B 0.80943

CIE xyY

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

x 0.306 y 0.305 Y 68.716

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 16.863 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11010100 11101010