#ddb3ef

Color #ddb3ef

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ddb3ef

RGB

rgb(221, 179, 239)

HSL

hsl(282, 65.2%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 25.1%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 25.1%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(78.37, 25.73, -24.15)

LCH

lch(78.37, 35.29, 316.81)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.0938, 315.6)

HWB

hwb(282, 70.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5efb3

Analogous

#bfb3ef

#ddb3ef

#efb3e3

Triadic

#ddb3ef

#efddb3

#b3efdd

Split-complementary

#ddb3ef

#e3efb3

#b3efbf

Tetradic

#ddb3ef

#efb3c5

#c5efb3

#b3efdd

Square

#ddb3ef

#efbfb3

#c5efb3

#b3e3ef

Shades

Color #ddb3ef mixed toward black.

#c37ae3

#aa40d7

#8424ad

#581873

#2c0c3a

Tints

Color #ddb3ef mixed toward white.

#e3c0f2

#e8ccf4

#eed9f7

#f4e6fa

#f9f2fc

Tones

Color #ddb3ef mixed toward gray.

#dbb8ea

#d9bde5

#d7c2e0

#d5c7db

#d3ccd6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccce2 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#cfd2df · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#dbd8d5 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ddb3ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ddb3ef]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ddb3ef (#ddb3ef) is rgb(221, 179, 239) in RGB.

No, #ddb3ef 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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