#de8bef Color Information

#de8bef Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #de8bef. In RGB, it consists of 87.1% Red, 54.5% Green, and 93.7% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 7.1% Cyan, 41.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 6.3% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 289.8°, with saturation of 75.8% and lightness of 74.1%. The decimal value for #de8bef is 14584815, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc99ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #de8bef is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#de8bef Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color222, 139, 239 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color87.1%, 54.5%, 93.7% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.129, 0.455, 0.063 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.071, 0.418, 0, 0.063 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color289.8°, 75.8%, 74.1% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color289.8°, 41.8%, 93.7% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color54.937, 40.227, 86.530 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color222, 139, 239 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code14584815 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color69.631, 47.399, -37.614 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)69.631, 60.510, 321.566 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color69.631, 37.615, -66.918 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color63.425, 43.619, -36.492 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.302, 0.221, 40.227 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4292774895 / 0xffde8bef Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc99ff Copy
Last Updated: December 10, 2024

Shades of #de8bef

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #de8bef, its pure hue is 289.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 75.8%, and its lightness is 74.1%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #de8bef, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1c111e to #c27ad1.

Tints of #de8bef

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #de8bef, its pure hue is 289.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 75.8%, and its lightness is 74.1%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #de8bef, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #e29af1 to #fbf1fd.

Tones of #de8bef

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #de8bef, its pure hue is 289.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 75.8%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #de8bef, which range from #bdbdbd (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #e97bff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #de8bef

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #de8bef! For #de8bef, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #de8bef. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #de8bef

This color, #de8bef, consists of 87.1% Red, 54.5% Green, and 93.7% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 222, Green = 139, Blue = 239. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #de8bef is 7.1% Cyan, 41.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 6.3% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R87.1%
C7.1%
G54.5%
M41.8%
B93.7%
Y0.0%
K6.3%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 222 139 239
Octal 336 213 357
Hexa #de #8b #ef
Binary 11011110 10001011 11101111
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 7 41 0 6
Octal 7 51 0 6
Hexa #07 #29 #00 #06
Binary 00000111 00101001 00000000 00000110

Analogous Colors of #de8bef

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #de8bef — which has hue 289.8° — its analogous colors are located at 259.8° and 319.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #de8bef.

Triadic Colors of #de8bef

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #de8bef — which has hue 289.8° — its triadic colors are located at 49.8° and 289.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #de8bef.

Complementary Color of #de8bef

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #de8bef — which has hue 289.8° — its complementary color is located at 109.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #de8bef.

Split Complementary Colors of #de8bef

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #de8bef — which has hue 289.8° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 79.8° and 289.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #de8bef.

Tetradic Colors of #de8bef

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #de8bef — which has hue 289.8° — its tetradic colors are located at 199.8°, 289.8°, 19.8°, and 109.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #de8bef.

Monochromatic Colors of #de8bef

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #de8bef, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #c65ddb — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f1c1fb (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #de8bef

We want to make getting started with #de8bef on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #de8bef into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #de8bef can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #de8bef with other HTML elements.

#de8bef Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #de8bef.
<span style="color: #de8bef;">The color of this text is #de8bef.</span>

#de8bef Background Color

The background color for this text is #de8bef.
<div style="background-color: #de8bef; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #de8bef.</div>

#de8bef Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #de8bef.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #de8bef;">This color for the shadow of this text is #de8bef.</span>

#de8bef Border Color

This is a div with border color #de8bef.
<div style="border: #de8bef 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #de8bef.</div>

#de8bef Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #de8bef on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #de8bef; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #de8bef on a white background.</div></div>

#de8bef Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #de8bef on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #de8bef; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #de8bef on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #de8bef to White

This is a gradient from #de8bef to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#de8bef,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#de8bef,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#de8bef,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#de8bef,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #de8bef to white.</div>

Gradient from #de8bef to Black

This is a gradient from #de8bef to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#de8bef,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#de8bef,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#de8bef,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#de8bef,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #de8bef to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #de8bef

In addition to using #de8bef on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #de8bef in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #de8bef, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 222, Green = 139, Blue = 239). If you need details about the color coordinates of #de8bef in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #de8bef
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(222, 139, 239)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #de8bef; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #de8bef; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #de8bef; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(222, 139, 239);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#de8bef")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:222, green:139, blue:239, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:222 green:139 blue:239 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(222f, 139f, 239f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(222, 139, 239);
 

#de8bef Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #de8bef the same way. For those with color blindness, #de8bef might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #de8bef looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #de8bef is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #de8bef looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #de8bef will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #de8bef is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.3:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
Large Size Text

WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
Large Size Text