#e4c9f1

Color #e4c9f1

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.8 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e4c9f1

RGB

rgb(228, 201, 241)

HSL

hsl(280.5, 58.8%, 86.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.5, 16.6%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(84.29, 16.57, -16.2)

LCH

lch(84.29, 23.17, 315.65)

OKLCH

oklch(87.1%, 0.0614, 314.8)

HWB

hwb(280.5, 78.8%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6f1c9

Analogous

#d0c9f1

#e4c9f1

#f1c9ea

Triadic

#e4c9f1

#f1e4c9

#c9f1e4

Split-complementary

#e4c9f1

#eaf1c9

#c9f1d0

Tetradic

#e4c9f1

#f1c9d6

#d6f1c9

#c9f1e4

Square

#e4c9f1

#f1d0c9

#d6f1c9

#c9eaf1

Shades

Color #e4c9f1 mixed toward black.

#c78fe2

#aa54d3

#852eb0

#591e75

#2c0f3b

Tints

Color #e4c9f1 mixed toward white.

#e9d2f3

#eddbf6

#f2e4f8

#f6edfa

#fbf6fd

Tones

Color #e4c9f1 mixed toward gray.

#e3ccee

#e2d0ea

#e1d3e7

#dfd6e4

#dedae0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d9e8 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#dadce6 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#e3e1df · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e4c9f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e4c9f1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#e4c9f1 (#e4c9f1) is rgb(228, 201, 241) in RGB.

No, #e4c9f1 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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