#dcb1e6

Color #dcb1e6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#dcb1e6

RGB

rgb(220, 177, 230)

HSL

hsl(288.7, 51.5%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.7, 23%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 23%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(77.5, 24.73, -20.62)

LCH

lch(77.5, 32.2, 320.18)

OKLCH

oklch(81.6%, 0.0864, 319.88)

HWB

hwb(288.7, 69.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbe6b1

Analogous

#c1b1e6

#dcb1e6

#e6b1d5

Triadic

#dcb1e6

#e6dcb1

#b1e6dc

Split-complementary

#dcb1e6

#d5e6b1

#b1e6c1

Tetradic

#dcb1e6

#e6b1bb

#bbe6b1

#b1e6dc

Square

#dcb1e6

#e6c1b1

#bbe6b1

#b1d5e6

Shades

Color #dcb1e6 mixed toward black.

#c57ed6

#ae4ac5

#86319a

#5a2167

#2d1033

Tints

Color #dcb1e6 mixed toward white.

#e2beea

#e8cbee

#eed8f3

#f3e5f7

#f9f2fb

Tones

Color #dcb1e6 mixed toward gray.

#d9b5e2

#d7badd

#d4bed9

#d1c3d4

#cec7d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcadb · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#cdd0d8 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#dad1cf · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcb1e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcb1e6]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#dcb1e6 (#dcb1e6) is rgb(220, 177, 230) in RGB.

No, #dcb1e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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