Information about Soft Lavender color

#DBC9FA - Soft Lavender color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DBC9FA, known as "Soft Lavender", falls into the Violet Color Family — High Saturation, Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(219, 201, 250) — 85.9% red, 78.8% green, 98% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 19 / 0 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#DBC9FA is a strongly colored blue-purple violet that radiates an almost-white brightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Light Lavender (#DFC5FE). Slightly further away sit Pale Lavender (#DCD0FF) and Pale Blue Violet (#D9C2FF).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(219, 201, 250)), which gives #DBC9FA its character. On this background, black text reaches a 13.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. The name "Soft Lavender" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Soft Lavender color variations

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

Soft Lavender 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 Soft Lavender

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Pale Lilac color link
Pale Lilac

#E4CBFF

Pale Indigo color link
Pale Indigo

#D1C2FF

Pastel Mauve color link
Pastel Mauve

#EBCCFF

Soap color link
Soap

#CEC8EF

Divine color link
Divine

#E4CEEC

Light Lilac color link
Light Lilac

#EDC8FF

Fog color link
Fog

#D5C7E8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DBC9FA
  • RGB219, 201, 250
  • CMYK12, 19, 0, 2
  • CSSrgb(219, 201, 250)
  • HSL262°, 83%, 88%
  • HSL Precise262.041°, 83.051%, 88.431%
  • HSV262°, 20%, 98%
  • HSB262°, 20%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.859
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • GLSLvec3(0.859, 0.788, 0.980)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.859, 0.788, 0.980, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.859, 0.788, 0.980)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB85.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB98%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDDBC9FA
  • DECIMAL ID14404090
  • Name Length13
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