#ddaefb

Color #ddaefb

A vivid, highly saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.76 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ddaefb

RGB

rgb(221, 174, 251)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 90.6%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 30.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 30.7%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(77.64, 30.84, -31.72)

LCH

lch(77.64, 44.24, 314.19)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.1164, 311.73)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 68.2%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccfbae

Analogous

#b6aefb

#ddaefb

#fbaef3

Triadic

#ddaefb

#fbddae

#aefbdd

Split-complementary

#ddaefb

#f3fbae

#aefbb6

Tetradic

#ddaefb

#fbaecc

#ccfbae

#aefbdd

Square

#ddaefb

#fbb6ae

#ccfbae

#aef3fb

Shades

Color #ddaefb mixed toward black.

#c16af8

#a427f4

#7f0aca

#550787

#2a0343

Tints

Color #ddaefb mixed toward white.

#e3bbfc

#e8c9fc

#eed6fd

#f4e4fe

#f9f1fe

Tones

Color #ddaefb mixed toward gray.

#dbb4f5

#dabbee

#d9c1e8

#d7c8e1

#d6cedb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacaeb · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#cdd0e7 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#dbdedb · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ddaefb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ddaefb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ddaefb (#ddaefb) is rgb(221, 174, 251) in RGB.

No, #ddaefb 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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