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violet · cool

#dfd0f6

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Iris

RGB
223, 208, 246
HSL
264°, 68%, 89%
CMYK
9, 15, 0, 4
Luminance
0.6745

#dfd0f6 is a pale vivid violet, 264° on the wheel and 70/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.49:1). As text it scores 1.45:1 on white — use #8D58DF instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(264 68% 89%)rgb(223 208 246)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dfd0f6 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dfd0f6
Hue
264°
violet
Saturation
68%
vivid
Lightness
89%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6745
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
70/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.49:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 6.5
Chroma
20.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.882
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 30.4
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue264° of 360°
Saturation68%
Lightness89%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dfd0f6.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool70% 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#dfd0f6
HEX (8-digit)#dfd0f6ff
RGBrgb(223, 208, 246)
RGBArgba(223, 208, 246, 1)
HSLhsl(264, 68%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 15%, 96%)
HWBhwb(264 82% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 15%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(85.7 12.2 -16.7)
LCHlch(85.7 20.7 306.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.882 0.054 303.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.62, 67.45, 96.52)
Decimal14668022
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.816 0.965)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dfd0f6;
background-color: #dfd0f6;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dfd0f6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dfd0f6] bg-[#dfd0f6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dfd0f6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.816, blue: 0.965)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.816, blue: 0.965, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DFD0F6</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDFD0F6)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDFD0F6)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(246, 208, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 208, 246)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 208, 246)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 208, 246)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.8157f, 0.9647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,208,246}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dfd0f6 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dfd0f6 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#37146B, #DED3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dfd0f6 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: #F6F3FB;
  --brand-100: #EEE8F8;
  --brand-200: #dfd0f6;
  --brand-300: #BFA1ED;
  --brand-400: #9F72E4;
  --brand-500: #7F43DB;
  --brand-600: #6927CE;
  --brand-700: #5721AB;
  --brand-800: #461A89;
  --brand-900: #351763;
  --brand-950: #210E3E;
  --brand: #dfd0f6;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F4FA;
  --brand-border: #D1C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #CBB2F0;
  --brand-pressed: #B694EB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A1424;
    --brand-ink: #DED3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F3FB',
        100: '#EEE8F8',
        200: '#dfd0f6',
        300: '#BFA1ED',
        400: '#9F72E4',
        500: '#7F43DB',
        600: '#6927CE',
        700: '#5721AB',
        800: '#461A89',
        900: '#351763',
        950: '#210E3E',
        DEFAULT: '#dfd0f6',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F3FB,
  '100': #EEE8F8,
  '200': #dfd0f6,
  '300': #BFA1ED,
  '400': #9F72E4,
  '500': #7F43DB,
  '600': #6927CE,
  '700': #5721AB,
  '800': #461A89,
  '900': #351763,
  '950': #210E3E,
);
$brand-base: #dfd0f6;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEE8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#dfd0f6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BFA1ED", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9F72E4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7F43DB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6927CE", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#5721AB", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#461A89", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#351763", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#210E3E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dfd0f6 · 14.49:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.45:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.49:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dfd0f6 as text scores 1.45:1 on white and 14.49:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #37146B at 9.83:1.

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
#8D58DF · 4.57:1
AA on white−28% L
#8D58DF
The quick fox
#6D29D6 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−39% L
#6D29D6
The quick fox
#dfd0f6 · 14.49:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dfd0f6
The quick fox
#dfd0f6 · 14.49:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dfd0f6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #A87FE6 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
#dfd0f6 on white: 1.45:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dfd0f6 on black: 14.49:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dfd0f6 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dfd0f6.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.45:1AaAa
Slate 501.39:1AaAa
Slate 1001.32:1AaAa
Slate 2001.18:1AaAa
Slate 3001.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.77:1AaAa
Slate 5003.28:1AaAa
Slate 6005.23:1AaAa
Slate 7007.15:1AaAa
Slate 80010.09:1AaAa
Slate 90012.32:1AaAa
Black14.49:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CAD6F8
deuteranopia · #CCD6F5
tritanopia · #DCD5DD

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. #dfd0f6 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.

#F6F3FB
#EEE8F8
#dfd0f6
#BFA1ED
#9F72E4
#7F43DB
#6927CE
#5721AB
#461A89
#351763
#210E3E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6F3FBDarkest = 950 · #210E3EText 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 0.013 303.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.022 303.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.032 303.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.042 303.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.050 303.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.054 303.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.054 303.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.051 303.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.045 303.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.038 303.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.030 303.2);
}

Colors that work with #dfd0f6

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#F7F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#D1C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6A4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#99AF1D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#37146B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0EAFB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#CBB2F0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B694EB
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E7DBFA
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 #dfd0f6

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 #37146B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #A87FE6

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
  • Weight11/100
  • 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#E7F6D0
Analogous left#D0D4F6
Analogous right#F2D0F6
Split-complement 1#F6F2D0
Split-complement 2#D4F6D0
Triadic 1#F6DFD0
Triadic 2#D0F6DF
Tetradic#F6D0D4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°264°

#dfd0f6 sits at 264°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green81.6%
Blue96.5%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
208
0xd0
B · 0–255
246
0xf6

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.3%
Magenta15.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 28%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dfd0f6 text on a black background

contrast 14.49:1

Card sample

#dfd0f6 text on a white background

contrast 1.45:1

Card sample

#dfd0f6 on grey

1.32:1

#dfd0f6 on its own surface

1.33:1

#dfd0f6 on its dark surface

12.39:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dfd0f6;
Background color
Panel with #dfd0f6 background
background-color: #dfd0f6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dfd0f6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 208, 246, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 208, 246, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dfd0f6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd0f6, #F6D0F4);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dfd0f6, #F6D0EA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dfd0f6;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dfd0f6;
caret-color: #dfd0f6;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dfd0f6;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0EAFB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dfd0f6;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dfd0f6 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dfd0f6 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(223, 208, 246, 0.5)
rgb(223 208 246 / 50%)
#dfd0f680
hsl(264 68% 89% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dfd0f6 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dfd0f61a#FCFAFE
20%#dfd0f633#F9F6FD
40%#dfd0f666#F2ECFB
60%#dfd0f699#ECE3FA
80%#dfd0f6cc#E5D9F8

Gradients from #dfd0f6

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, #F3EEFC, #dfd0f6 45%, #37146B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dfd0f6, #F1B6E9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dfd0f6, #E7F6D0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6F2FD 0%, #dfd0f6 45%, #37146B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FBFBFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FBEAFB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #37146B 0%, transparent 65%), #dfd0f6;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dfd0f6

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.

#dfd0f6 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 14.49:1.

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.

#dfd0f6, answered

What color is #dfd0f6?

#dfd0f6 is a pale vivid violet, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 6.5). It sits at 264° on the hue wheel with 68% saturation and 89% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #dfd0f6?

rgb(223, 208, 246) — 223 red, 208 green and 246 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 81.6% / 96.5% by channel.

What is #dfd0f6 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(264, 68%, 89%) and hsv(264, 15%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dfd0f6 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6745 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 14.49:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dfd0f6?

Black. It scores 14.49:1 against #dfd0f6, versus 1.45:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dfd0f6 accessible on a white background?

#dfd0f6 on white scores 1.45:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #8D58DF to reach 4.5:1, or #6D29D6 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dfd0f6?

#E7F6D0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F6F2D0 and #D4F6D0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dfd0f6?

For interface work: #F7F4FA as the surface, #D1C0ED for borders, #6A4B9B for secondary text, #99AF1D as an accent and #37146B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D0D4F6 and #F2D0F6 stays calm, while #E7F6D0 is the loudest partner.

What is #dfd0f6 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(9%, 15%, 0%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dfd0f6 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 70 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EDD0F6; nudged cooler, #D0CFF7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dfd0f6?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 30.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dfd0f6 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dfd0f6 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dfd0f6] or text-[#dfd0f6], 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 #dfd0f6 with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 208, 246, 0.5), or #dfd0f680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFE8FB; over black, #70687B.

Is #dfd0f6 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 6.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dfd0f6 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 #dfd0f6?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3EEFC, #dfd0f6 45%, #37146B). For more colour, a short hue run to #F1B6E9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dfd0f6 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dfd0f6 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.