#d9b4ee

Color #d9b4ee

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.23 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#d9b4ee

RGB

rgb(217, 180, 238)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 63%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 24.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(78.21, 23.72, -23.89)

LCH

lch(78.21, 33.67, 314.8)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.0889, 313.13)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 70.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9eeb4

Analogous

#bcb4ee

#d9b4ee

#eeb4e6

Triadic

#d9b4ee

#eed9b4

#b4eed9

Split-complementary

#d9b4ee

#e6eeb4

#b4eebc

Tetradic

#d9b4ee

#eeb4c9

#c9eeb4

#b4eed9

Square

#d9b4ee

#eebcb4

#c9eeb4

#b4e6ee

Shades

Color #d9b4ee mixed toward black.

#bc7be1

#a043d4

#7b27aa

#521a72

#290d39

Tints

Color #d9b4ee mixed toward white.

#dfc1f1

#e6cdf4

#ecdaf7

#f2e6f9

#f9f3fc

Tones

Color #d9b4ee mixed toward gray.

#d8b9e9

#d6bee4

#d5c3e0

#d4c7db

#d2ccd6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacae2 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#cccfdf · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#d7d7d5 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d9b4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d9b4ee]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#d9b4ee (#d9b4ee) is rgb(217, 180, 238) in RGB.

No, #d9b4ee 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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