#c27ae5

Color #c27ae5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 12.7 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c27ae5

RGB

rgb(194, 122, 229)

HSL

hsl(280.4, 67.3%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.4, 46.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 46.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(62.55, 46.31, -43.39)

LCH

lch(62.55, 63.46, 316.86)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.1671, 313.79)

HWB

hwb(280.4, 47.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9de57a

Analogous

#8c7ae5

#c27ae5

#e57ad2

Triadic

#c27ae5

#e5c27a

#7ae5c2

Split-complementary

#c27ae5

#d2e57a

#7ae58c

Tetradic

#c27ae5

#e57a9d

#9de57a

#7ae5c2

Square

#c27ae5

#e58c7a

#9de57a

#7ad2e5

Shades

Color #c27ae5 mixed toward black.

#ac49db

#9026c4

#6c1d93

#481362

#240a31

Tints

Color #c27ae5 mixed toward white.

#cc90e9

#d6a6ee

#e1bcf2

#ebd3f6

#f5e9fb

Tones

Color #c27ae5 mixed toward gray.

#bf83dc

#bc8cd3

#b995ca

#b69ec1

#b3a7b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a7d1 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#acb0cc · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#bfc0bc · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c27ae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c27ae5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c27ae5 (#c27ae5) is rgb(194, 122, 229) in RGB.

No, #c27ae5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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