#dcbeef

Color #dcbeef

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.77 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-200 #f6cfff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#dcbeef

RGB

rgb(220, 190, 239)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 60.5%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 20.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(80.89, 19.48, -20.33)

LCH

lch(80.89, 28.16, 313.78)

OKLCH

oklch(84.3%, 0.0743, 312.22)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 74.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1efbe

Analogous

#c3beef

#dcbeef

#efbeea

Triadic

#dcbeef

#efdcbe

#beefdc

Split-complementary

#dcbeef

#eaefbe

#beefc3

Tetradic

#dcbeef

#efbed1

#d1efbe

#beefdc

Square

#dcbeef

#efc3be

#d1efbe

#beeaef

Shades

Color #dcbeef mixed toward black.

#bd85e1

#9e4bd3

#7a2aac

#511c73

#290e39

Tints

Color #dcbeef mixed toward white.

#e2c9f2

#e8d4f4

#eddef7

#f3e9fa

#f9f4fc

Tones

Color #dcbeef mixed toward gray.

#dbc2eb

#dac6e7

#d9cae3

#d8cedf

#d7d2db

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0cfe4 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#d1d4e2 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#dbdcda · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcbeef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcbeef]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#dcbeef (#dcbeef) is rgb(220, 190, 239) in RGB.

No, #dcbeef 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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