#e8e1ec

Color #e8e1ec

A muted very light purple.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 5.39 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-50 #fdf4ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#e8e1ec

RGB

rgb(232, 225, 236)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 22.4%, 90.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 4.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(90.35, 4.33, -4.51)

LCH

lch(90.35, 6.25, 313.83)

OKLCH

oklch(91.8%, 0.0166, 313.53)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 88.2%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ece1

Analogous

#e3e1ec

#e8e1ec

#ece1eb

Triadic

#e8e1ec

#ece8e1

#e1ece8

Split-complementary

#e8e1ec

#ebece1

#e1ece3

Tetradic

#e8e1ec

#ece1e5

#e5ece1

#e1ece8

Square

#e8e1ec

#ece3e1

#e5ece1

#e1ebec

Shades

Color #e8e1ec mixed toward black.

#c4b2ce

#a083b0

#7a598d

#523c5e

#291e2f

Tints

Color #e8e1ec mixed toward white.

#ece6ef

#f0ebf2

#f4f0f6

#f7f5f9

#fbfafc

Tones

Color #e8e1ec mixed toward gray.

#e8e2eb

#e8e3ea

#e7e4e9

#e7e5e8

#e7e6e7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5e9 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#e5e6e9 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#e8e7e7 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 6.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e8e1ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e8e1ec]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#e8e1ec (#e8e1ec) is rgb(232, 225, 236) in RGB.

No, #e8e1ec 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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