#e5cdee

Color #e5cdee

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 6.57 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e5cdee

RGB

rgb(229, 205, 238)

HSL

hsl(283.6, 49.3%, 86.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.6, 13.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(85.25, 14.2, -13.16)

LCH

lch(85.25, 19.36, 317.18)

OKLCH

oklch(87.8%, 0.0516, 316.81)

HWB

hwb(283.6, 80.4%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6eecd

Analogous

#d5cdee

#e5cdee

#eecde7

Triadic

#e5cdee

#eee5cd

#cdeee5

Split-complementary

#e5cdee

#e7eecd

#cdeed5

Tetradic

#e5cdee

#eecdd6

#d6eecd

#cdeee5

Square

#e5cdee

#eed5cd

#d6eecd

#cde7ee

Shades

Color #e5cdee mixed toward black.

#c896db

#ac5fc9

#8838a5

#5a256e

#2d1337

Tints

Color #e5cdee mixed toward white.

#e9d5f1

#eedef4

#f2e6f7

#f6eef9

#fbf7fc

Tones

Color #e5cdee mixed toward gray.

#e4d0eb

#e3d3e9

#e1d5e6

#e0d8e3

#dfdbe0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbdbe7 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#dcdee5 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#e4e0df · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#d5d5d5 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5cdee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5cdee]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#e5cdee (#e5cdee) is rgb(229, 205, 238) in RGB.

No, #e5cdee 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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