#e2c9e9

Color #e2c9e9

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 5.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e2c9e9

RGB

rgb(226, 201, 233)

HSL

hsl(286.9, 42.1%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.9, 13.7%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(83.88, 14.4, -12.58)

LCH

lch(83.88, 19.12, 318.86)

OKLCH

oklch(86.7%, 0.0512, 318.8)

HWB

hwb(286.9, 78.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d0e9c9

Analogous

#d2c9e9

#e2c9e9

#e9c9e0

Triadic

#e2c9e9

#e9e2c9

#c9e9e2

Split-complementary

#e2c9e9

#e0e9c9

#c9e9d2

Tetradic

#e2c9e9

#e9c9d0

#d0e9c9

#c9e9e2

Square

#e2c9e9

#e9d2c9

#d0e9c9

#c9e0e9

Shades

Color #e2c9e9 mixed toward black.

#c696d4

#ab62bf

#863f9a

#592a67

#2d1533

Tints

Color #e2c9e9 mixed toward white.

#e7d2ed

#ecdbf0

#f1e4f4

#f5edf8

#faf6fb

Tones

Color #e2c9e9 mixed toward gray.

#e1cce6

#dfcee4

#ded1e1

#dcd4de

#dbd6dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d7e2 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#d9dbe0 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#e1dcdb · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 15.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e2c9e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2c9e9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#e2c9e9 (#e2c9e9) is rgb(226, 201, 233) in RGB.

No, #e2c9e9 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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