#dcb3ee

Color #dcb3ee

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.98 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#dcb3ee

RGB

rgb(220, 179, 238)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 63.4%, 81.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 24.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(78.25, 25.21, -23.81)

LCH

lch(78.25, 34.68, 316.64)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.0921, 315.4)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 70.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5eeb3

Analogous

#bfb3ee

#dcb3ee

#eeb3e3

Triadic

#dcb3ee

#eedcb3

#b3eedc

Split-complementary

#dcb3ee

#e3eeb3

#b3eebf

Tetradic

#dcb3ee

#eeb3c5

#c5eeb3

#b3eedc

Square

#dcb3ee

#eebfb3

#c5eeb3

#b3e3ee

Shades

Color #dcb3ee mixed toward black.

#c27ae1

#a842d5

#8226aa

#571972

#2b0d39

Tints

Color #dcb3ee mixed toward white.

#e2c0f1

#e8ccf4

#eed9f7

#f3e6f9

#f9f2fc

Tones

Color #dcb3ee mixed toward gray.

#dab8e9

#d8bde4

#d6c2df

#d4c7da

#d3ccd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccbe2 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#ced1de · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#dad7d5 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcb3ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcb3ee]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#dcb3ee (#dcb3ee) is rgb(220, 179, 238) in RGB.

No, #dcb3ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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