#dd9cff

Color #dd9cff

A vivid, highly saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 15.87 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-300 #f4a8ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#dd9cff

RGB

rgb(221, 156, 255)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 100%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 38.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 38.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(73.79, 41.33, -39.86)

LCH

lch(73.79, 57.42, 316.04)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.1514, 313.39)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 61.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beff9c

Analogous

#ac9cff

#dd9cff

#ff9cef

Triadic

#dd9cff

#ffdd9c

#9cffdd

Split-complementary

#dd9cff

#efff9c

#9cffac

Tetradic

#dd9cff

#ff9cbe

#beff9c

#9cffdd

Square

#dd9cff

#ffac9c

#beff9c

#9cefff

Shades

Color #dd9cff mixed toward black.

#c658ff

#ae13ff

#8700ce

#5a0089

#2d0045

Tints

Color #dd9cff mixed toward white.

#e3adff

#e8bdff

#eeceff

#f4deff

#f9efff

Tones

Color #dd9cff mixed toward gray.

#daa4f7

#d8adef

#d5b5e6

#d3bdde

#d0c5d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c4c4ec · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#c8cce7 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#dadbd7 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 25.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #dd9cff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dd9cff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#dd9cff (#dd9cff) is rgb(221, 156, 255) in RGB.

No, #dd9cff 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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