#dddbe4

Color #dddbe4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.76 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#dddbe4

RGB

rgb(221, 219, 228)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 14.3%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 3.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(87.79, 2.32, -4.16)

LCH

lch(87.79, 4.76, 299.15)

OKLCH

oklch(89.6%, 0.0124, 296.36)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 85.9%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e4db

Analogous

#dbdde4

#dddbe4

#e1dbe4

Triadic

#dddbe4

#e4dddb

#dbe4dd

Split-complementary

#dddbe4

#e4e1db

#dde4db

Tetradic

#dddbe4

#e4dbe2

#e2e4db

#dbe4dd

Square

#dddbe4

#e4dbdd

#e2e4db

#dbe4e1

Shades

Color #dddbe4 mixed toward black.

#b5b0c4

#8c86a4

#676080

#454055

#22202b

Tints

Color #dddbe4 mixed toward white.

#e3e1e8

#e8e7ed

#eeedf1

#f4f3f6

#f9f9fa

Tones

Color #dddbe4 mixed toward gray.

#dddce3

#dedce2

#dedde2

#dfdee1

#dfdfe0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdce2 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#dcdce1 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#dde0e0 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dddbe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dddbe4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#dddbe4 (#dddbe4) is rgb(221, 219, 228) in RGB.

No, #dddbe4 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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