HEX Color #DBDBE9 (Lavender)

About #DBDBE9

At its core, #DBDBE9 is a very light and muted hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lavender. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 219, 219, and 233.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 6% cyan and 6% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 240.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#DBDBE9

RGB219, 219, 233

HSL240.0°, 24.1%, 88.6%

CMYK6%, 6%, 0%, 9%

HSV240.0°, 6.0%, 91.4%

LAB87.8, 2.6, -6.8

XYZ69.3, 71.6, 87.3

Decimal14408681

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#DBDBE9 #E8E8DB

Analogous

#DBE2E8 #E2DBE8

Triadic

#E8DBDB #DBE8DB

Tetradic

#E8DBE2 #E8E8DB #DBE8E2

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#DBDBE9

#DFDFEB

#E3E3ED

#E7E7F0

#EBEBF2

#EFEFF5

#F3F3F7

#F7F7FA

#FBFBFC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#DBDBE9

#C2C2CF

#AAAAB5

#92929B

#797981

#616167

#49494D

#303033

#181819

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.37:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

15.32:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.31:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

13.02:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #DBDBE9; }

.text-color { color: #DBDBE9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #DBDBE9; }

Similar Colors

Lavender

#E6E6FA