ColorXprez

#DFD4F4

Thistle · very light cool purple

About #DFD4F4

#DFD4F4 is a very light, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 83% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.0), with Lavender the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E9F4D4 (beige), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.86:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red223
Green212
Blue244

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.0
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.2
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #DFD4F4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DFD4F4.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DFD4F4.
14.86:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFD4F4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFD4F4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CED9F5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D9F3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCD8DE

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFD4F4?

#DFD4F4 is a very light, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 83% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFD4F4?

Use black text. Black on #DFD4F4 has a contrast ratio of 14.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFD4F4?

Its complementary colour is #E9F4D4, and analogous partners are #D4D9F4 and #EFD4F4.