#c178f3

Color #c178f3

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c178f3

RGB

rgb(193, 120, 243)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 83.7%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 50.6%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 50.6%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(62.71, 50.09, -50.9)

LCH

lch(62.71, 71.41, 314.54)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.1854, 309.81)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 47.1%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaf378

Analogous

#8478f3

#c178f3

#f378e8

Triadic

#c178f3

#f3c178

#78f3c1

Split-complementary

#c178f3

#e8f378

#78f384

Tetradic

#c178f3

#f378aa

#aaf378

#78f3c1

Square

#c178f3

#f38478

#aaf378

#78e8f3

Shades

Color #c178f3 mixed toward black.

#a841ee

#8c14de

#690fa7

#460a6f

#230538

Tints

Color #c178f3 mixed toward white.

#cb8ff5

#d6a5f7

#e0bcf9

#ead2fb

#f5e9fd

Tones

Color #c178f3 mixed toward gray.

#bf82e9

#bd8ddf

#bb97d4

#b9a1ca

#b7abc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6dd · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#aaafd8 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#becac5 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c178f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c178f3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c178f3 (#c178f3) is rgb(193, 120, 243) in RGB.

No, #c178f3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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