#d9b5ea

Color #d9b5ea

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#d9b5ea

RGB

rgb(217, 181, 234)

HSL

hsl(280.8, 55.8%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.8, 22.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(78.31, 22.38, -21.58)

LCH

lch(78.31, 31.09, 316.04)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.0825, 314.85)

HWB

hwb(280.8, 71%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6eab5

Analogous

#bfb5ea

#d9b5ea

#eab5e1

Triadic

#d9b5ea

#ead9b5

#b5ead9

Split-complementary

#d9b5ea

#e1eab5

#b5eabf

Tetradic

#d9b5ea

#eab5c6

#c6eab5

#b5ead9

Square

#d9b5ea

#eabfb5

#c6eab5

#b5e1ea

Shades

Color #d9b5ea mixed toward black.

#bd7fdb

#a249cb

#7d2ea2

#531f6c

#2a0f36

Tints

Color #d9b5ea mixed toward white.

#dfc1ee

#e6cef1

#ecdaf5

#f2e6f8

#f9f3fc

Tones

Color #d9b5ea mixed toward gray.

#d8bae6

#d6bee1

#d4c2dd

#d3c7d8

#d1cbd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacadf · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#cccfdc · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#d7d5d3 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d9b5ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d9b5ea]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#d9b5ea (#d9b5ea) is rgb(217, 181, 234) in RGB.

No, #d9b5ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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