#e3dfe5

Color #e3dfe5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light purple.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 3.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-200 #e7e4e7 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e3dfe5

RGB

rgb(227, 223, 229)

HSL

hsl(280, 10.3%, 88.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 2.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(89.28, 2.43, -2.45)

LCH

lch(89.28, 3.45, 314.77)

OKLCH

oklch(90.9%, 0.0091, 314.56)

HWB

hwb(280, 87.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1e5df

Analogous

#e0dfe5

#e3dfe5

#e5dfe4

Triadic

#e3dfe5

#e5e3df

#dfe5e3

Split-complementary

#e3dfe5

#e4e5df

#dfe5e0

Tetradic

#e3dfe5

#e5dfe1

#e1e5df

#dfe5e3

Square

#e3dfe5

#e5e0df

#e1e5df

#dfe4e5

Shades

Color #e3dfe5 mixed toward black.

#bfb5c3

#9a8ca1

#75657d

#4e4453

#27222a

Tints

Color #e3dfe5 mixed toward white.

#e8e4e9

#eceaee

#f1eff2

#f6f4f6

#fafafb

Tones

Color #e3dfe5 mixed toward gray.

#e3dfe4

#e3e0e4

#e2e0e3

#e2e1e3

#e2e1e2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e1e1e4 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#e2e2e3 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#e3e2e2 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#e0e0e0 · ΔE 4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e3dfe5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3dfe5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#e3dfe5 (#e3dfe5) is rgb(227, 223, 229) in RGB.

No, #e3dfe5 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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