#e6ceeb

Color #e6ceeb

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 5.76 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e6ceeb

RGB

rgb(230, 206, 235)

HSL

hsl(289.7, 42%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.7, 12.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(85.49, 13.44, -11.2)

LCH

lch(85.49, 17.49, 320.19)

OKLCH

oklch(88%, 0.047, 320.44)

HWB

hwb(289.7, 80.8%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3ebce

Analogous

#d8ceeb

#e6ceeb

#ebcee2

Triadic

#e6ceeb

#ebe6ce

#ceebe6

Split-complementary

#e6ceeb

#e2ebce

#ceebd8

Tetradic

#e6ceeb

#ebced3

#d3ebce

#ceebe6

Square

#e6ceeb

#ebd8ce

#d3ebce

#cee2eb

Shades

Color #e6ceeb mixed toward black.

#cb9ad6

#b166c0

#8d409d

#5e2b68

#2f1534

Tints

Color #e6ceeb mixed toward white.

#ead6ee

#eedef2

#f3e7f5

#f7eff8

#fbf7fc

Tones

Color #e6ceeb mixed toward gray.

#e4d1e9

#e3d3e6

#e1d5e4

#e0d8e1

#dedadf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdce4 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#dddfe3 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#e5dfde · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e6ceeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6ceeb]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#e6ceeb (#e6ceeb) is rgb(230, 206, 235) in RGB.

No, #e6ceeb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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