#c170ed

Color #c170ed

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.96 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c170ed

RGB

rgb(193, 112, 237)

HSL

hsl(278.9, 77.6%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.9, 52.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 52.7%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(60.82, 52.93, -50.58)

LCH

lch(60.82, 73.21, 316.3)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.1912, 312.31)

HWB

hwb(278.9, 43.9%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ced70

Analogous

#8270ed

#c170ed

#ed70da

Triadic

#c170ed

#edc170

#70edc1

Split-complementary

#c170ed

#daed70

#70ed82

Tetradic

#c170ed

#ed709c

#9ced70

#70edc1

Square

#c170ed

#ed8270

#9ced70

#70daed

Shades

Color #c170ed mixed toward black.

#ab3ce6

#8f1acf

#6b149b

#480d67

#240734

Tints

Color #c170ed mixed toward white.

#cb88f0

#d6a0f3

#e0b7f6

#eacff9

#f5e7fc

Tones

Color #c170ed mixed toward gray.

#be7ae3

#bb85d8

#b88fce

#b59ac3

#b2a4b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4d7 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#a8aed2 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#bec4bf · ΔE 32.8

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c170ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c170ed]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c170ed (#c170ed) is rgb(193, 112, 237) in RGB.

No, #c170ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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