#ce99ed

Color #ce99ed

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ce99ed

RGB

rgb(206, 153, 237)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 70%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 35.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(70.88, 34.77, -34.69)

LCH

lch(70.88, 49.12, 315.07)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.1294, 312.43)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 60%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8ed99

Analogous

#a499ed

#ce99ed

#ed99e2

Triadic

#ce99ed

#edce99

#99edce

Split-complementary

#ce99ed

#e2ed99

#99eda4

Tetradic

#ce99ed

#ed99b8

#b8ed99

#99edce

Square

#ce99ed

#eda499

#b8ed99

#99e2ed

Shades

Color #ce99ed mixed toward black.

#b462e3

#992bda

#741da6

#4d146f

#270a37

Tints

Color #ce99ed mixed toward white.

#d6aaf0

#debbf3

#e7ccf6

#efddf9

#f7eefc

Tones

Color #ce99ed mixed toward gray.

#cca0e6

#caa7df

#c9aed8

#c7b5d1

#c5bcca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9dc · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#bcc0d8 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#cccecb · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 24.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ce99ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ce99ed]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ce99ed (#ce99ed) is rgb(206, 153, 237) in RGB.

No, #ce99ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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