#dec8e7

Color #dec8e7

A muted very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 4.55 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#dec8e7

RGB

rgb(222, 200, 231)

HSL

hsl(282.6, 39.2%, 84.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.6, 13.4%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(83.24, 13.23, -12.5)

LCH

lch(83.24, 18.2, 316.63)

OKLCH

oklch(86.1%, 0.0484, 316.17)

HWB

hwb(282.6, 78.4%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1e7c8

Analogous

#cec8e7

#dec8e7

#e7c8e0

Triadic

#dec8e7

#e7dec8

#c8e7de

Split-complementary

#dec8e7

#e0e7c8

#c8e7ce

Tetradic

#dec8e7

#e7c8d1

#d1e7c8

#c8e7de

Square

#dec8e7

#e7cec8

#d1e7c8

#c8e0e7

Shades

Color #dec8e7 mixed toward black.

#c096d1

#a264bb

#7d4296

#542c64

#2a1632

Tints

Color #dec8e7 mixed toward white.

#e3d1eb

#e9daef

#eee3f3

#f4edf7

#f9f6fb

Tones

Color #dec8e7 mixed toward gray.

#ddcbe4

#dccde2

#dbd0df

#dad2dd

#d9d5da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d5d5e0 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#d6d8de · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#dddad9 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 15.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #dec8e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dec8e7]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#dec8e7 (#dec8e7) is rgb(222, 200, 231) in RGB.

No, #dec8e7 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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