#c257dd

Color #c257dd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 4.34 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#c257dd

RGB

rgb(194, 87, 221)

HSL

hsl(287.9, 66.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.9, 60.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.2%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(55.59, 62.02, -49.91)

LCH

lch(55.59, 79.61, 321.17)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.2126, 319.06)

HWB

hwb(287.9, 34.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72dd57

Analogous

#7f57dd

#c257dd

#dd57b5

Triadic

#c257dd

#ddc257

#57ddc2

Split-complementary

#c257dd

#b5dd57

#57dd7f

Tetradic

#c257dd

#dd5772

#72dd57

#57ddc2

Square

#c257dd

#dd7f57

#72dd57

#57b5dd

Shades

Color #c257dd mixed toward black.

#b22cd4

#8f23ab

#6b1a80

#481155

#24092b

Tints

Color #c257dd mixed toward white.

#cc73e3

#d68fe8

#e0abee

#ebc7f4

#f5e3f9

Tones

Color #c257dd mixed toward gray.

#bb62d2

#b56dc7

#ae79bb

#a784b0

#a18fa5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ec7 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#a4abc1 · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#beb3ae · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c257dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c257dd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#c257dd (#c257dd) is rgb(194, 87, 221) in RGB.

No, #c257dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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