#ccaede

Color #ccaede

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.19 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ccaede

RGB

rgb(204, 174, 222)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 42.1%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 21.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(75.07, 19.59, -20.11)

LCH

lch(75.07, 28.07, 314.25)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0742, 312.71)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 68.2%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0deae

Analogous

#b4aede

#ccaede

#deaed8

Triadic

#ccaede

#deccae

#aedecc

Split-complementary

#ccaede

#d8deae

#aedeb4

Tetradic

#ccaede

#deaec0

#c0deae

#aedecc

Square

#ccaede

#deb4ae

#c0deae

#aed8de

Shades

Color #ccaede mixed toward black.

#ae7fcb

#9150b8

#6d398d

#49265e

#24132f

Tints

Color #ccaede mixed toward white.

#d4bbe3

#ddc9e9

#e5d6ee

#eee4f4

#f6f1f9

Tones

Color #ccaede mixed toward gray.

#cbb2da

#cab6d6

#c9bad2

#c8bece

#c7c2ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0bfd4 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#c1c4d1 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#cbcbc9 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ccaede;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ccaede]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ccaede (#ccaede) is rgb(204, 174, 222) in RGB.

No, #ccaede is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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