#e5e1ed

Color #e5e1ed

A muted very light purple.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 4.63 Nearest Tailwind class violet-50 #f5f3ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e1ed

RGB

rgb(229, 225, 237)

HSL

hsl(260, 25%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 5.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(90.15, 3.52, -5.35)

LCH

lch(90.15, 6.4, 303.34)

OKLCH

oklch(91.6%, 0.0167, 301.02)

HWB

hwb(260, 88.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9ede1

Analogous

#e1e3ed

#e5e1ed

#ebe1ed

Triadic

#e5e1ed

#ede5e1

#e1ede5

Split-complementary

#e5e1ed

#edebe1

#e3ede1

Tetradic

#e5e1ed

#ede1e9

#e9ede1

#e1ede5

Square

#e5e1ed

#ede1e3

#e9ede1

#e1edeb

Shades

Color #e5e1ed mixed toward black.

#bbb1d0

#9281b3

#6a5790

#473a60

#231d30

Tints

Color #e5e1ed mixed toward white.

#e9e6f0

#eeebf3

#f2f0f6

#f6f5f9

#fbfafc

Tones

Color #e5e1ed mixed toward gray.

#e5e2ec

#e6e3eb

#e6e4ea

#e6e5e9

#e7e6e8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e3e3ea · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#e4e4e9 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#e5e8e7 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e1ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e1ed]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#e5e1ed (#e5e1ed) is rgb(229, 225, 237) in RGB.

No, #e5e1ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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