#e5cdf3

Color #e5cdf3

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.51 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e5cdf3

RGB

rgb(229, 205, 243)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 61.3%, 87.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 15.6%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(85.4, 15.15, -15.59)

LCH

lch(85.4, 21.74, 314.18)

OKLCH

oklch(88%, 0.0574, 313.17)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 80.4%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbf3cd

Analogous

#d2cdf3

#e5cdf3

#f3cdee

Triadic

#e5cdf3

#f3e5cd

#cdf3e5

Split-complementary

#e5cdf3

#eef3cd

#cdf3d2

Tetradic

#e5cdf3

#f3cddb

#dbf3cd

#cdf3e5

Square

#e5cdf3

#f3d2cd

#dbf3cd

#cdeef3

Shades

Color #e5cdf3 mixed toward black.

#c691e5

#a654d6

#822bb5

#571d78

#2b0e3c

Tints

Color #e5cdf3 mixed toward white.

#e9d5f5

#eedef7

#f2e6f9

#f6eefb

#fbf7fd

Tones

Color #e5cdf3 mixed toward gray.

#e4d0f0

#e3d3ed

#e2d6e9

#e2dae6

#e1dde3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbdbeb · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#dcdee8 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#e4e4e2 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#d5d5d5 · ΔE 16.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5cdf3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5cdf3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#e5cdf3 (#e5cdf3) is rgb(229, 205, 243) in RGB.

No, #e5cdf3 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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