#d8aaef

Color #d8aaef

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 7.46 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#d8aaef

RGB

rgb(216, 170, 239)

HSL

hsl(280, 68.3%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 28.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(75.81, 29.02, -28.1)

LCH

lch(75.81, 40.4, 315.92)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.1069, 314.17)

HWB

hwb(280, 66.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1efaa

Analogous

#b6aaef

#d8aaef

#efaae3

Triadic

#d8aaef

#efd8aa

#aaefd8

Split-complementary

#d8aaef

#e3efaa

#aaefb6

Tetradic

#d8aaef

#efaac1

#c1efaa

#aaefd8

Square

#d8aaef

#efb6aa

#c1efaa

#aae3ef

Shades

Color #d8aaef mixed toward black.

#be71e4

#a337d9

#7e20ac

#541673

#2a0b39

Tints

Color #d8aaef mixed toward white.

#dfb8f2

#e5c6f4

#ecd5f7

#f2e3fa

#f9f1fc

Tones

Color #d8aaef mixed toward gray.

#d6b0e9

#d4b6e3

#d2bbde

#d0c1d8

#cec7d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c5e1 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#c8ccdd · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#d6d5d2 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d8aaef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d8aaef]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#d8aaef (#d8aaef) is rgb(216, 170, 239) in RGB.

No, #d8aaef 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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