#e3cdec

Color #e3cdec

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 5.9 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e3cdec

RGB

rgb(227, 205, 236)

HSL

hsl(282.6, 44.9%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.6, 13.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(85.02, 13.17, -12.45)

LCH

lch(85.02, 18.12, 316.61)

OKLCH

oklch(87.6%, 0.0482, 316.18)

HWB

hwb(282.6, 80.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6eccd

Analogous

#d4cdec

#e3cdec

#eccde6

Triadic

#e3cdec

#ece3cd

#cdece3

Split-complementary

#e3cdec

#e6eccd

#cdecd4

Tetradic

#e3cdec

#eccdd6

#d6eccd

#cdece3

Square

#e3cdec

#ecd4cd

#d6eccd

#cde6ec

Shades

Color #e3cdec mixed toward black.

#c598d8

#a763c4

#833da0

#57296b

#2c1435

Tints

Color #e3cdec mixed toward white.

#e8d5ef

#ecdef2

#f1e6f6

#f6eef9

#faf7fc

Tones

Color #e3cdec mixed toward gray.

#e2d0e9

#e1d2e7

#e0d5e4

#dfd7e2

#dedadf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dadae5 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#dbdde3 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#e2dfde · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e3cdec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3cdec]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#e3cdec (#e3cdec) is rgb(227, 205, 236) in RGB.

No, #e3cdec 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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