#e6cef3

Color #e6cef3

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.32 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e6cef3

RGB

rgb(230, 206, 243)

HSL

hsl(278.9, 60.7%, 88%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.9, 15.2%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(85.72, 14.95, -15.09)

LCH

lch(85.72, 21.24, 314.73)

OKLCH

oklch(88.3%, 0.0562, 313.77)

HWB

hwb(278.9, 80.8%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbf3ce

Analogous

#d3cef3

#e6cef3

#f3ceed

Triadic

#e6cef3

#f3e6ce

#cef3e6

Split-complementary

#e6cef3

#edf3ce

#cef3d3

Tetradic

#e6cef3

#f3cedb

#dbf3ce

#cef3e6

Square

#e6cef3

#f3d3ce

#dbf3ce

#ceedf3

Shades

Color #e6cef3 mixed toward black.

#c792e4

#a956d6

#842cb4

#581d78

#2c0f3c

Tints

Color #e6cef3 mixed toward white.

#ead6f5

#eedef7

#f2e6f9

#f7effb

#fbf7fd

Tones

Color #e6cef3 mixed toward gray.

#e5d1f0

#e4d4ed

#e3d7ea

#e2dae7

#e1dde3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdceb · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#dddfe9 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#e5e4e2 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 16.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e6cef3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6cef3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#e6cef3 (#e6cef3) is rgb(230, 206, 243) in RGB.

No, #e6cef3 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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