#cea1e2

Color #cea1e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 6.38 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cea1e2

RGB

rgb(206, 161, 226)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 52.8%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 28.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(72.3, 28.15, -26.5)

LCH

lch(72.3, 38.66, 316.73)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.1026, 315.2)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 63.1%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5e2a1

Analogous

#aea1e2

#cea1e2

#e2a1d6

Triadic

#cea1e2

#e2cea1

#a1e2ce

Split-complementary

#cea1e2

#d6e2a1

#a1e2ae

Tetradic

#cea1e2

#e2a1b5

#b5e2a1

#a1e2ce

Square

#cea1e2

#e2aea1

#b5e2a1

#a1d6e2

Shades

Color #cea1e2 mixed toward black.

#b470d3

#9b3fc4

#742e94

#4e1e63

#270f31

Tints

Color #cea1e2 mixed toward white.

#d6b1e7

#dec0ec

#e6d0f0

#efe0f5

#f7effa

Tones

Color #cea1e2 mixed toward gray.

#cca7dd

#caacd7

#c8b1d2

#c6b7cc

#c4bcc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcd5 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#bfc2d1 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#ccc9c7 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 22.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cea1e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cea1e2]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cea1e2 (#cea1e2) is rgb(206, 161, 226) in RGB.

No, #cea1e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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