#d9aae3

Color #d9aae3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 5.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#d9aae3

RGB

rgb(217, 170, 227)

HSL

hsl(289.5, 50.4%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.5, 25.1%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(75.48, 26.97, -22.09)

LCH

lch(75.48, 34.86, 320.68)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0937, 320.37)

HWB

hwb(289.5, 66.7%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4e3aa

Analogous

#bcaae3

#d9aae3

#e3aad0

Triadic

#d9aae3

#e3d9aa

#aae3d9

Split-complementary

#d9aae3

#d0e3aa

#aae3bc

Tetradic

#d9aae3

#e3aab4

#b4e3aa

#aae3d9

Square

#d9aae3

#e3bcaa

#b4e3aa

#aad0e3

Shades

Color #d9aae3 mixed toward black.

#c378d3

#ac46c2

#843195

#582163

#2c1032

Tints

Color #d9aae3 mixed toward white.

#dfb8e8

#e6c6ec

#ecd4f1

#f2e3f6

#f9f1fa

Tones

Color #d9aae3 mixed toward gray.

#d6afde

#d3b3d9

#d0b8d5

#cdbdd0

#c9c2cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c6d7 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#c9ccd4 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#d7cdcb · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d9aae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d9aae3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#d9aae3 (#d9aae3) is rgb(217, 170, 227) in RGB.

No, #d9aae3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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