#e3dde6

Color #e3dde6

A muted very light purple.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.28 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e3dde6

RGB

rgb(227, 221, 230)

HSL

hsl(280, 15.3%, 88.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 3.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(88.81, 3.65, -3.67)

LCH

lch(88.81, 5.18, 314.84)

OKLCH

oklch(90.5%, 0.0136, 314.7)

HWB

hwb(280, 86.7%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0e6dd

Analogous

#dedde6

#e3dde6

#e6dde4

Triadic

#e3dde6

#e6e3dd

#dde6e3

Split-complementary

#e3dde6

#e4e6dd

#dde6de

Tetradic

#e3dde6

#e6dde0

#e0e6dd

#dde6e3

Square

#e3dde6

#e6dedd

#e0e6dd

#dde4e6

Shades

Color #e3dde6 mixed toward black.

#bfb2c6

#9c86a6

#765f82

#4f4057

#27202b

Tints

Color #e3dde6 mixed toward white.

#e8e3ea

#ece8ee

#f1eef2

#f6f4f7

#faf9fb

Tones

Color #e3dde6 mixed toward gray.

#e3dee5

#e2dee4

#e2dfe4

#e2e0e3

#e2e1e2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e0e0e4 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#e1e1e3 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#e3e2e2 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#dfdfdf · ΔE 5.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e3dde6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3dde6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#e3dde6 (#e3dde6) is rgb(227, 221, 230) in RGB.

No, #e3dde6 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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