#ebb8ff

Color #ebb8ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.21 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ebb8ff

RGB

rgb(235, 184, 255)

HSL

hsl(283.1, 100%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.1, 27.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(81.38, 30.6, -28.02)

LCH

lch(81.38, 41.49, 317.52)

OKLCH

oklch(85.2%, 0.1104, 316.28)

HWB

hwb(283.1, 72.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccffb8

Analogous

#c8b8ff

#ebb8ff

#ffb8f0

Triadic

#ebb8ff

#ffebb8

#b8ffeb

Split-complementary

#ebb8ff

#f0ffb8

#b8ffc8

Tetradic

#ebb8ff

#ffb8cc

#ccffb8

#b8ffeb

Square

#ebb8ff

#ffc8b8

#ccffb8

#b8f0ff

Shades

Color #ebb8ff mixed toward black.

#d66fff

#c226ff

#9e00dc

#690092

#350049

Tints

Color #ebb8ff mixed toward white.

#eec4ff

#f2d0ff

#f5dcff

#f8e7ff

#fcf3ff

Tones

Color #ebb8ff mixed toward gray.

#e8bef9

#e6c4f3

#e3caed

#e1d0e7

#ded6e1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d6f0 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#dadded · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#e9e4e1 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ebb8ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebb8ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ebb8ff (#ebb8ff) is rgb(235, 184, 255) in RGB.

No, #ebb8ff 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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