#DFD9EB

sRGB: 223 / 217 / 235

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Electric visions cascade across forgotten valleys
Infinite wonders defy the passing ages

#DFD9EB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 217 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 260.0° lands in the violet region. Its 31.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.6% 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 (15.26:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 217, 235
HSL: 260.00°, 31.03%, 88.63%
HSV / HSB: 260.00°, 7.66%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 5.11%, 7.66%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.236, 71.312, 88.664
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.636, 5.335, -8.068
WCAG relative luminance: 0.71312
24-bit decimal: 14670315

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 #DFD9EB 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: 15.26:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.38:1

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

#E5EBD9 sits half a turn (180°) from #DFD9EB 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.

#DFD9EB #E5EBD9

Analogous

#D9DCEB and #E8D9EB sit 30° to either side of #DFD9EB. 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.

#D9DCEB #DFD9EB #E8D9EB

Triadic

#DFD9EB, #EBDFD9 and #D9EBDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DFD9EB #EBDFD9 #D9EBDF

Split complementary

Start at #DFD9EB and look across the wheel. #EBE8D9 and #DCEBD9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DFD9EB #EBE8D9 #DCEBD9

Square

Starting with #DFD9EB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBD9DC, #E5EBD9, then #D9EBE8. Across the square, #DFD9EB pairs with #E5EBD9, and #EBD9DC with #D9EBE8.

#DFD9EB #EBD9DC #E5EBD9 #D9EBE8

Tetradic

#DFD9EB and #E5EBD9 are opposites, as are #EBD9E5 and #D9EBDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DFD9EB #EBD9E5 #E5EBD9 #D9EBDF

Tints

Mixing #DFD9EB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5E1EF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F7FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#DFD9EB #E5E1EF #ECE8F3 #F2F0F7 #F9F7FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DFD9EB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2AEBC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2B2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#DFD9EB #B2AEBC #86828D #59575E #2D2B2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #DFD9EB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC7D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #939295, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DFD9EB #CCC7D6 #B9B5C0 #A6A4AB #939295 #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

#DFD9EB

RGB

rgb(223 217 235)

HSL

hsl(260.000 31.034% 88.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DFD9EB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DFD9EB uses 223 red, 217 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 85.1%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DFD9EB is 5.1% cyan, 7.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.1%

Magenta 7.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DFD9EB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#DFD9EB #E0DCE8 #E1DFE5 #E2E2E2 #E3E5DF #E4E8DC #E5EBD9

Color vision previews

Compare how #DFD9EB 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.

#D6DCEC

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.

#D7DCEA

Tritanopia

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

#DDDBDF

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.

#D9DBEB

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.

#D9DBEB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DEDAE7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DCDCDC

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.

#DDDAE3

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 0.69387 B 0.83077

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 0.87039 G 0.85178 B 0.91591

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.73009 G 0.69533 B 0.81927

CIE xyY

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

x 0.305 y 0.310 Y 71.312

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 14.902 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

11011111 11011001 11101011