#f9ecff

Color #f9ecff

A vivid, highly saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 5.45 Nearest Tailwind class purple-100 #f3e8ff · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#f9ecff

RGB

rgb(249, 236, 255)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 100%, 96.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 7.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(94.89, 7.71, -7.57)

LCH

lch(94.89, 10.81, 315.52)

OKLCH

oklch(95.9%, 0.0287, 315.28)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 92.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f2ffec

Analogous

#f0ecff

#f9ecff

#ffecfc

Triadic

#f9ecff

#fff9ec

#ecfff9

Split-complementary

#f9ecff

#fcffec

#ecfff0

Tetradic

#f9ecff

#ffecf2

#f2ffec

#ecfff9

Square

#f9ecff

#fff0ec

#f2ffec

#ecfcff

Shades

Color #f9ecff mixed toward black.

#df9aff

#c548ff

#a800f6

#7000a4

#380052

Tints

Color #f9ecff mixed toward white.

#faefff

#fbf2ff

#fcf6ff

#fdf9ff

#fefcff

Tones

Color #f9ecff mixed toward gray.

#f8eefd

#f8effc

#f7f1fa

#f7f2f9

#f6f4f7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

18.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (18.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f3f3fb · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#f4f5fa · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#f8f7f6 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#f0f0f0 · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #f9ecff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9ecff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#f9ecff (#f9ecff) is rgb(249, 236, 255) in RGB.

No, #f9ecff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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