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violet · cool

#d3c6f0

a pale, vivid violet · cool · closest name: Thistle

Token name suggestion: Whisper Thistle

RGB
211, 198, 240
HSL
259°, 58%, 86%
CMYK
12, 18, 0, 6
Luminance
0.6053

#d3c6f0 is a pale vivid violet, 259° on the wheel and 73/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.11:1). As text it scores 1.60:1 on white — use #8561D5 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(259 58% 86%)rgb(211 198 240)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d3c6f0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d3c6f0
Hue
259°
violet
Saturation
58%
vivid
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6053
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
73/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.11:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 6.9
Chroma
22.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.851
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 28.6
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue259° of 360°
Saturation58%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d3c6f0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool73% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red23%
Green67%
Blue10%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d3c6f0
HEX (8-digit)#d3c6f0ff
RGBrgb(211, 198, 240)
RGBArgba(211, 198, 240, 1)
HSLhsl(259, 58%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 17%, 94%)
HWBhwb(259 78% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 18%, 0%, 6%)
LABlab(82.1 12.5 -19.1)
LCHlch(82.1 22.8 303.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.851 0.059 299.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(62.78, 60.53, 90.80)
Decimal13879024
Display P3color(display-p3 0.827 0.776 0.941)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d3c6f0;
background-color: #d3c6f0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d3c6f0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d3c6f0] bg-[#d3c6f0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d3c6f0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.827, green: 0.776, blue: 0.941)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.827, green: 0.776, blue: 0.941, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D3C6F0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD3C6F0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD3C6F0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(240, 198, 211)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(211, 198, 240)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(211, 198, 240)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 211, 198, 240)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8275f, 0.7765f, 0.9412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{211,198,240}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d3c6f0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d3c6f0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#321B65, #DBD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d3c6f0 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F4FB;
  --brand-100: #EDE9F7;
  --brand-200: #d3c6f0;
  --brand-300: #BAA6E8;
  --brand-400: #987ADC;
  --brand-500: #764DD0;
  --brand-600: #5F33C2;
  --brand-700: #4F2BA1;
  --brand-800: #402281;
  --brand-900: #311C5E;
  --brand-950: #1E123B;
  --brand: #d3c6f0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F4FA;
  --brand-border: #CEC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #BDAAE9;
  --brand-pressed: #A78EE1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #191424;
    --brand-ink: #DBD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F4FB',
        100: '#EDE9F7',
        200: '#d3c6f0',
        300: '#BAA6E8',
        400: '#987ADC',
        500: '#764DD0',
        600: '#5F33C2',
        700: '#4F2BA1',
        800: '#402281',
        900: '#311C5E',
        950: '#1E123B',
        DEFAULT: '#d3c6f0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F4FB,
  '100': #EDE9F7,
  '200': #d3c6f0,
  '300': #BAA6E8,
  '400': #987ADC,
  '500': #764DD0,
  '600': #5F33C2,
  '700': #4F2BA1,
  '800': #402281,
  '900': #311C5E,
  '950': #1E123B,
);
$brand-base: #d3c6f0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDE9F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#d3c6f0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BAA6E8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#987ADC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#764DD0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5F33C2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4F2BA1", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#402281", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#311C5E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E123B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d3c6f0 · 13.11:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.60:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.11:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d3c6f0 as text scores 1.60:1 on white and 13.11:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #321B65 at 8.85:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#8561D5 · 4.50:1
AA on white−25% L
#8561D5
The quick fox
#6335C9 · 7.28:1
AAA on white−36% L
#6335C9
The quick fox
#d3c6f0 · 13.11:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d3c6f0
The quick fox
#d3c6f0 · 13.11:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d3c6f0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #A185DF is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d3c6f0 on white: 1.60:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d3c6f0 on black: 13.11:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d3c6f0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d3c6f0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.60:1AaAa
Slate 501.53:1AaAa
Slate 1001.46:1AaAa
Slate 2001.30:1AaAa
Slate 3001.08:1AaAa
Slate 4001.60:1AaAa
Slate 5002.97:1AaAa
Slate 6004.73:1AaAa
Slate 7006.46:1AaAa
Slate 8009.13:1AaAa
Slate 90011.14:1AaAa
Black13.11:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BECCF2
deuteranopia · #C0CCEF
tritanopia · #CECCD4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d3c6f0 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F4FB
#EDE9F7
#d3c6f0
#BAA6E8
#987ADC
#764DD0
#5F33C2
#4F2BA1
#402281
#311C5E
#1E123B
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6F4FBDarkest = 950 · #1E123BText step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.015 299.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.024 299.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.036 299.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.046 299.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.055 299.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.059 299.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.059 299.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.056 299.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.050 299.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.042 299.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.033 299.3);
}

Colors that work with #d3c6f0

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#CEC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#634B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9FA428
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#321B65
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFEBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#191424
Dark-mode background
Hover#BDAAE9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A78EE1
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DFD4F7
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d3c6f0

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #321B65
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #A185DF

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight14/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#E3F0C6
Analogous left#C6CEF0
Analogous right#E8C6F0
Split-complement 1#F0E8C6
Split-complement 2#CEF0C6
Triadic 1#F0D3C6
Triadic 2#C6F0D3
Tetradic#F0C6CE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°259°

#d3c6f0 sits at 259°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red82.7%
Green77.6%
Blue94.1%
R · 0–255
211
0xd3
G · 0–255
198
0xc6
B · 0–255
240
0xf0

CMYK percentages

Cyan12.1%
Magenta17.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 36%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d3c6f0 text on a black background

contrast 13.11:1

Card sample

#d3c6f0 text on a white background

contrast 1.60:1

Card sample

#d3c6f0 on grey

1.46:1

#d3c6f0 on its own surface

1.47:1

#d3c6f0 on its dark surface

11.23:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d3c6f0;
Background color
Panel with #d3c6f0 background
background-color: #d3c6f0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d3c6f0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(211, 198, 240, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(211, 198, 240, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d3c6f0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d3c6f0, #EFC6F0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d3c6f0, #F0C6E7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d3c6f0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d3c6f0;
caret-color: #d3c6f0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d3c6f0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFEBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d3c6f0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d3c6f0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d3c6f0 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(211, 198, 240, 0.5)
rgb(211 198 240 / 50%)
#d3c6f080
hsl(259 58% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d3c6f0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d3c6f01a#FBF9FE
20%#d3c6f033#F6F4FC
40%#d3c6f066#EDE8F9
60%#d3c6f099#E5DDF6
80%#d3c6f0cc#DCD1F3

Gradients from #d3c6f0

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3EFFB, #d3c6f0 45%, #321B65);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d3c6f0, #EAAEE6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d3c6f0, #E3F0C6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6F3FC 0%, #d3c6f0 45%, #321B65 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EEF2FB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F4DEF6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #321B65 0%, transparent 65%), #d3c6f0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d3c6f0

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d3c6f0 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.11:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d3c6f0, answered

What color is #d3c6f0?

#d3c6f0 is a pale vivid violet, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 6.9). It sits at 259° on the hue wheel with 58% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d3c6f0?

rgb(211, 198, 240) — 211 red, 198 green and 240 blue out of 255, or 82.7% / 77.6% / 94.1% by channel.

What is #d3c6f0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(259, 58%, 86%) and hsv(259, 17%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d3c6f0 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6053 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 13.11:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d3c6f0?

Black. It scores 13.11:1 against #d3c6f0, versus 1.60:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d3c6f0 accessible on a white background?

#d3c6f0 on white scores 1.60:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #8561D5 to reach 4.5:1, or #6335C9 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d3c6f0?

#E3F0C6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F0E8C6 and #CEF0C6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d3c6f0?

For interface work: #F6F4FA as the surface, #CEC0ED for borders, #634B9B for secondary text, #9FA428 as an accent and #321B65 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C6CEF0 and #E8C6F0 stays calm, while #E3F0C6 is the loudest partner.

What is #d3c6f0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 18%, 0%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d3c6f0 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 73 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E2C6F0; nudged cooler, #C5C8F1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d3c6f0?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 28.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d3c6f0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d3c6f0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d3c6f0] or text-[#d3c6f0], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d3c6f0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(211, 198, 240, 0.5), or #d3c6f080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E9E3F8; over black, #6A6378.

Is #d3c6f0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 5.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d3c6f0 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d3c6f0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3EFFB, #d3c6f0 45%, #321B65). For more colour, a short hue run to #EAAEE6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d3c6f0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d3c6f0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.