#d6b1ed

Color #d6b1ed

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.63 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#d6b1ed

RGB

rgb(214, 177, 237)

HSL

hsl(277, 62.5%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 25.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(77.19, 24.19, -24.92)

LCH

lch(77.19, 34.73, 314.15)

OKLCH

oklch(81.3%, 0.0916, 312.26)

HWB

hwb(277, 69.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8edb1

Analogous

#b8b1ed

#d6b1ed

#edb1e6

Triadic

#d6b1ed

#edd6b1

#b1edd6

Split-complementary

#d6b1ed

#e6edb1

#b1edb8

Tetradic

#d6b1ed

#edb1c8

#c8edb1

#b1edd6

Square

#d6b1ed

#edb8b1

#c8edb1

#b1e6ed

Shades

Color #d6b1ed mixed toward black.

#b979e0

#9b41d3

#7727a8

#4f1a70

#280d38

Tints

Color #d6b1ed mixed toward white.

#ddbef0

#e4cbf3

#ebd8f6

#f1e5f9

#f8f2fc

Tones

Color #d6b1ed mixed toward gray.

#d5b6e8

#d4bbe3

#d3c0de

#d1c5d9

#d0cad4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7e0 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#c9ccdd · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#d4d6d3 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 21.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #d6b1ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d6b1ed]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#d6b1ed (#d6b1ed) is rgb(214, 177, 237) in RGB.

No, #d6b1ed 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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