#dc9bee

Color #dc9bee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-300 #f4a8ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#dc9bee

RGB

rgb(220, 155, 238)

HSL

hsl(287, 70.9%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287, 34.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(72.78, 38.14, -32.19)

LCH

lch(72.78, 49.91, 319.84)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.1337, 318.79)

HWB

hwb(287, 60.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adee9b

Analogous

#b39bee

#dc9bee

#ee9bd7

Triadic

#dc9bee

#eedc9b

#9beedc

Split-complementary

#dc9bee

#d7ee9b

#9beeb3

Tetradic

#dc9bee

#ee9bad

#adee9b

#9beedc

Square

#dc9bee

#eeb39b

#adee9b

#9bd7ee

Shades

Color #dc9bee mixed toward black.

#c863e4

#b52bdb

#8a1da8

#5c1370

#2e0a38

Tints

Color #dc9bee mixed toward white.

#e2acf1

#e8bcf4

#eecdf7

#f3def9

#f9eefc

Tones

Color #dc9bee mixed toward gray.

#d8a2e7

#d4a9e0

#d0b0d9

#ccb7d2

#c9becc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3de · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#c7cbd9 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#d9cfcc · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 24.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #dc9bee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dc9bee]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#dc9bee (#dc9bee) is rgb(220, 155, 238) in RGB.

No, #dc9bee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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