#ddcbe9

Color #ddcbe9

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 5.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ddcbe9

RGB

rgb(221, 203, 233)

HSL

hsl(276, 40.5%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 12.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(83.95, 11.68, -12.51)

LCH

lch(83.95, 17.11, 313.03)

OKLCH

oklch(86.6%, 0.0452, 311.95)

HWB

hwb(276, 79.6%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7e9cb

Analogous

#cecbe9

#ddcbe9

#e9cbe6

Triadic

#ddcbe9

#e9ddcb

#cbe9dd

Split-complementary

#ddcbe9

#e6e9cb

#cbe9ce

Tetradic

#ddcbe9

#e9cbd7

#d7e9cb

#cbe9dd

Square

#ddcbe9

#e9cecb

#d7e9cb

#cbe6e9

Shades

Color #ddcbe9 mixed toward black.

#bc98d3

#9a65be

#764199

#4f2b66

#271633

Tints

Color #ddcbe9 mixed toward white.

#e3d4ed

#e8dcf0

#eee5f4

#f4eef8

#f9f6fb

Tones

Color #ddcbe9 mixed toward gray.

#ddcee7

#dcd0e4

#dcd3e2

#dbd5df

#dbd8dd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d5d5e2 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#d6d8e1 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#dcdddb · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ddcbe9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ddcbe9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ddcbe9 (#ddcbe9) is rgb(221, 203, 233) in RGB.

No, #ddcbe9 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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