#dec4e8

Color #dec4e8

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 6.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#dec4e8

RGB

rgb(222, 196, 232)

HSL

hsl(283.3, 43.9%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.3, 15.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(82.29, 15.55, -14.45)

LCH

lch(82.29, 21.23, 317.1)

OKLCH

oklch(85.3%, 0.0565, 316.65)

HWB

hwb(283.3, 76.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cee8c4

Analogous

#ccc4e8

#dec4e8

#e8c4e0

Triadic

#dec4e8

#e8dec4

#c4e8de

Split-complementary

#dec4e8

#e0e8c4

#c4e8cc

Tetradic

#dec4e8

#e8c4ce

#cee8c4

#c4e8de

Square

#dec4e8

#e8ccc4

#cee8c4

#c4e0e8

Shades

Color #dec4e8 mixed toward black.

#c191d4

#a45dc0

#803c9a

#552867

#2b1433

Tints

Color #dec4e8 mixed toward white.

#e3ceec

#e9d8f0

#eee1f3

#f4ebf7

#f9f5fb

Tones

Color #dec4e8 mixed toward gray.

#ddc7e5

#dbcae2

#dacddf

#d9d0dc

#d7d3d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d3d3e0 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#d5d7de · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#ddd9d8 · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dec4e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dec4e8]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#dec4e8 (#dec4e8) is rgb(222, 196, 232) in RGB.

No, #dec4e8 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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