#c173da

Color #c173da

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 10.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c173da

RGB

rgb(193, 115, 218)

HSL

hsl(285.4, 58.2%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.4, 47.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.5%, 47.2%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(60.48, 47.44, -40.5)

LCH

lch(60.48, 62.38, 319.51)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1662, 317.54)

HWB

hwb(285.4, 45.1%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cda73

Analogous

#8d73da

#c173da

#da73c0

Triadic

#c173da

#dac173

#73dac1

Split-complementary

#c173da

#c0da73

#73da8d

Tetradic

#c173da

#da738c

#8cda73

#73dac1

Square

#c173da

#da8d73

#8cda73

#73c0da

Shades

Color #c173da mixed toward black.

#ad47ce

#902eb0

#6c2384

#481758

#240c2c

Tints

Color #c173da mixed toward white.

#cb8ae0

#d6a2e6

#e0b9ed

#ead0f3

#f5e8f9

Tones

Color #c173da mixed toward gray.

#bd7cd1

#b884c9

#b48dc0

#af95b8

#ab9eaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4c7 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#a9aec2 · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#beb7b3 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 26.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c173da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c173da]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#c173da (#c173da) is rgb(193, 115, 218) in RGB.

No, #c173da is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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