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#DAC4EF

Periwinkle · very light cool purple

About #DAC4EF

#DAC4EF is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 77% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 18% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Periwinkle (ΔE 8.5); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D9EFC4 — a cream tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAC4EF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green196
Blue239

Closest named colours

Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 8.5
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.7
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 12.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #DAC4EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on periwinkle #DAC4EF.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on periwinkle #DAC4EF.
13.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAC4EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAC4EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDCBF1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1CDEE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8C9D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAC4EF?

#DAC4EF is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 77% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 18% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAC4EF?

Use black text. Black on #DAC4EF has a contrast ratio of 13.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAC4EF?

Its complementary colour is #D9EFC4, and analogous partners are #C5C4EF and #EFC4EE.