#e6ceec

Color #e6ceec

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 5.98 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#e6ceec

RGB

rgb(230, 206, 236)

HSL

hsl(288, 44.1%, 86.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288, 12.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(85.52, 13.63, -11.69)

LCH

lch(85.52, 17.96, 319.38)

OKLCH

oklch(88%, 0.0482, 319.46)

HWB

hwb(288, 80.8%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4ecce

Analogous

#d7ceec

#e6ceec

#eccee3

Triadic

#e6ceec

#ece6ce

#ceece6

Split-complementary

#e6ceec

#e3ecce

#ceecd7

Tetradic

#e6ceec

#ecced4

#d4ecce

#ceece6

Square

#e6ceec

#ecd7ce

#d4ecce

#cee3ec

Shades

Color #e6ceec mixed toward black.

#cb99d7

#b064c3

#8c3e9f

#5d296a

#2f1535

Tints

Color #e6ceec mixed toward white.

#ead6ef

#eedef2

#f3e7f6

#f7eff9

#fbf7fc

Tones

Color #e6ceec mixed toward gray.

#e5d1ea

#e3d3e7

#e2d6e5

#e0d8e2

#dfdbe0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdce5 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#dddfe4 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#e5e0de · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e6ceec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6ceec]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#e6ceec (#e6ceec) is rgb(230, 206, 236) in RGB.

No, #e6ceec 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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