#c27bea

Color #c27bea

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.66 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c27bea

RGB

rgb(194, 123, 234)

HSL

hsl(278.4, 72.5%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.4, 47.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 47.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(62.99, 46.84, -45.47)

LCH

lch(62.99, 65.28, 315.85)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.171, 312.23)

HWB

hwb(278.4, 48.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3ea7b

Analogous

#8b7bea

#c27bea

#ea7bda

Triadic

#c27bea

#eac27b

#7beac2

Split-complementary

#c27bea

#daea7b

#7bea8b

Tetradic

#c27bea

#ea7ba3

#a3ea7b

#7beac2

Square

#c27bea

#ea8b7b

#a3ea7b

#7bdaea

Shades

Color #c27bea mixed toward black.

#aa48e2

#8f21cd

#6b199a

#481067

#240833

Tints

Color #c27bea mixed toward white.

#cc91ed

#d6a7f1

#e1bdf4

#ebd3f8

#f5e9fb

Tones

Color #c27bea mixed toward gray.

#bf84e1

#bd8ed7

#ba97ce

#b8a0c5

#b5a9bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a7d6 · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#acb1d1 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#bfc4c0 · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c27bea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c27bea]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c27bea (#c27bea) is rgb(194, 123, 234) in RGB.

No, #c27bea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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