#dc99ee

Color #dc99ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.81 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-300 #f4a8ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#dc99ee

RGB

rgb(220, 153, 238)

HSL

hsl(287.3, 71.4%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.3, 35.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(72.34, 39.21, -32.87)

LCH

lch(72.34, 51.17, 320.03)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.1372, 318.99)

HWB

hwb(287.3, 60%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abee99

Analogous

#b299ee

#dc99ee

#ee99d6

Triadic

#dc99ee

#eedc99

#99eedc

Split-complementary

#dc99ee

#d6ee99

#99eeb2

Tetradic

#dc99ee

#ee99ab

#abee99

#99eedc

Square

#dc99ee

#eeb299

#abee99

#99d6ee

Shades

Color #dc99ee mixed toward black.

#c961e5

#b629db

#8a1ca8

#5c1370

#2e0938

Tints

Color #dc99ee mixed toward white.

#e2aaf1

#e8bbf4

#eeccf7

#f3ddf9

#f9eefc

Tones

Color #dc99ee mixed toward gray.

#d8a0e7

#d4a7e0

#d0aed9

#ccb5d2

#c8bdcb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c2dd · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#c6cbd9 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#d9cfcb · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 24.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #dc99ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dc99ee]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#dc99ee (#dc99ee) is rgb(220, 153, 238) in RGB.

No, #dc99ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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