#ddb4ef

Color #ddb4ef

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ddb4ef

RGB

rgb(221, 180, 239)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 64.8%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 24.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(78.61, 25.19, -23.79)

LCH

lch(78.61, 34.65, 316.64)

OKLCH

oklch(82.5%, 0.0921, 315.44)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 70.6%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6efb4

Analogous

#c0b4ef

#ddb4ef

#efb4e4

Triadic

#ddb4ef

#efddb4

#b4efdd

Split-complementary

#ddb4ef

#e4efb4

#b4efc0

Tetradic

#ddb4ef

#efb4c6

#c6efb4

#b4efdd

Square

#ddb4ef

#efc0b4

#c6efb4

#b4e4ef

Shades

Color #ddb4ef mixed toward black.

#c37be3

#a941d6

#8325ad

#581973

#2c0c3a

Tints

Color #ddb4ef mixed toward white.

#e3c1f2

#e8cdf4

#eedaf7

#f4e6fa

#f9f3fc

Tones

Color #ddb4ef mixed toward gray.

#dbb9ea

#d9bee5

#d7c3e0

#d5c8db

#d4cdd7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcce3 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#cfd2df · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#dbd8d6 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ddb4ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ddb4ef]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ddb4ef (#ddb4ef) is rgb(221, 180, 239) in RGB.

No, #ddb4ef 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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