#e6caef

Color #e6caef

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 7.69 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e6caef

RGB

rgb(230, 202, 239)

HSL

hsl(285.4, 53.6%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.4, 15.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(84.64, 16.31, -14.6)

LCH

lch(84.64, 21.89, 318.17)

OKLCH

oklch(87.4%, 0.0585, 317.91)

HWB

hwb(285.4, 79.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3efca

Analogous

#d4caef

#e6caef

#efcae6

Triadic

#e6caef

#efe6ca

#caefe6

Split-complementary

#e6caef

#e6efca

#caefd4

Tetradic

#e6caef

#efcad3

#d3efca

#caefe6

Square

#e6caef

#efd4ca

#d3efca

#cae6ef

Shades

Color #e6caef mixed toward black.

#cb92de

#b159cd

#8d33a9

#5e2271

#2f1138

Tints

Color #e6caef mixed toward white.

#ead3f2

#eedcf4

#f3e5f7

#f7edfa

#fbf6fc

Tones

Color #e6caef mixed toward gray.

#e4cdec

#e3d0e9

#e1d3e6

#e0d6e3

#ded9e0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dadae7 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#dcdee5 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#e5e0de · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#d3d3d3 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e6caef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6caef]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#e6caef (#e6caef) is rgb(230, 202, 239) in RGB.

No, #e6caef 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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