#e5c9ef

Color #e5c9ef

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e5c9ef

RGB

rgb(229, 201, 239)

HSL

hsl(284.2, 54.3%, 86.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.2, 15.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(84.31, 16.52, -15.1)

LCH

lch(84.31, 22.38, 317.57)

OKLCH

oklch(87.1%, 0.0596, 317.11)

HWB

hwb(284.2, 78.8%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3efc9

Analogous

#d2c9ef

#e5c9ef

#efc9e6

Triadic

#e5c9ef

#efe5c9

#c9efe5

Split-complementary

#e5c9ef

#e6efc9

#c9efd2

Tetradic

#e5c9ef

#efc9d3

#d3efc9

#c9efe5

Square

#e5c9ef

#efd2c9

#d3efc9

#c9e6ef

Shades

Color #e5c9ef mixed toward black.

#ca91de

#af58ce

#8a32aa

#5c2271

#2e1139

Tints

Color #e5c9ef mixed toward white.

#e9d2f2

#eedbf4

#f2e4f7

#f6edfa

#fbf6fc

Tones

Color #e5c9ef mixed toward gray.

#e4ccec

#e2cfe9

#e1d3e6

#dfd6e2

#ded9df

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d9e7 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#dbdde4 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#e4e0de · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 17.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5c9ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5c9ef]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#e5c9ef (#e5c9ef) is rgb(229, 201, 239) in RGB.

No, #e5c9ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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