#e0dce5

Color #e0dce5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light purple.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e0dce5

RGB

rgb(224, 220, 229)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 14.8%, 88%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 3.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(88.3, 2.98, -3.92)

LCH

lch(88.3, 4.92, 307.24)

OKLCH

oklch(90%, 0.0129, 306.16)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 86.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1e5dc

Analogous

#dcdce5

#e0dce5

#e4dce5

Triadic

#e0dce5

#e5e0dc

#dce5e0

Split-complementary

#e0dce5

#e5e4dc

#dce5dc

Tetradic

#e0dce5

#e5dce1

#e1e5dc

#dce5e0

Square

#e0dce5

#e5dcdc

#e1e5dc

#dce5e4

Shades

Color #e0dce5 mixed toward black.

#bab1c5

#9486a5

#6e6081

#4a4056

#25202b

Tints

Color #e0dce5 mixed toward white.

#e5e2e9

#eae8ee

#efedf2

#f5f3f6

#faf9fb

Tones

Color #e0dce5 mixed toward gray.

#e0dde4

#e0dde3

#e0dee3

#e0dfe2

#e0e0e1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dedee3 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#dfdfe2 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#e0e1e1 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 5.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e0dce5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e0dce5]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#e0dce5 (#e0dce5) is rgb(224, 220, 229) in RGB.

No, #e0dce5 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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