Information about #DFC9EE color

#DFC9EE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DFC9EE falls into the Violet Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(223, 201, 238) — 87.5% red, 78.8% green, 93.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 6 / 15 / 0 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#DFC9EE is a clearly saturated twilight violet that radiates an almost-white brightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Divine (#E4CEEC). Slightly further away sit Validation (#E2C5E7) and Fog (#D5C7E8).

The recipe behind #DFC9EE is rgb(223, 201, 238), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #DFC9EE: 13.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#DFC9EE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DFC9EE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DFC9EE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Divine color link
Divine

#E4CEEC

Validation color link
Validation

#E2C5E7

Fog color link
Fog

#D5C7E8

Periwinkle color link
Periwinkle

#E9CFEC

Blue Chalk color link
Blue Chalk

#E3D6E9

Sonique color link
Sonique

#D5CEE2

Soap color link
Soap

#CEC8EF

Snuff color link
Snuff

#E4D7E5

Pale Lilac color link
Pale Lilac

#E4CBFF

Titan White color link
Titan White

#DDD6E1

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DFC9EE
  • RGB223, 201, 238
  • CMYK6, 15, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(223, 201, 238)
  • HSL276°, 52%, 86%
  • HSL Precise275.676°, 52.113%, 86.078%
  • HSV276°, 16%, 93%
  • HSB276°, 16%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.875
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • GLSLvec3(0.875, 0.788, 0.933)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.875, 0.788, 0.933, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.875, 0.788, 0.933)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB87.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDDFC9EE
  • DECIMAL ID14666222
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers27 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01