#c455e0

Color #c455e0

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c455e0

RGB

rgb(196, 85, 224)

HSL

hsl(287.9, 69.2%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.9, 62.1%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(55.7, 63.96, -51.41)

LCH

lch(55.7, 82.06, 321.21)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.219, 319.02)

HWB

hwb(287.9, 33.3%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71e055

Analogous

#7e55e0

#c455e0

#e055b7

Triadic

#c455e0

#e0c455

#55e0c4

Split-complementary

#c455e0

#b7e055

#55e07e

Tetradic

#c455e0

#e05571

#71e055

#55e0c4

Square

#c455e0

#e07e55

#71e055

#55b7e0

Shades

Color #c455e0 mixed toward black.

#b529d8

#9220ae

#6d1883

#491057

#24082c

Tints

Color #c455e0 mixed toward white.

#ce71e5

#d88eea

#e2aaf0

#ebc6f5

#f5e3fa

Tones

Color #c455e0 mixed toward gray.

#bd61d4

#b66cc9

#af78bd

#a883b2

#a18fa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a09fc9 · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#a6acc4 · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#c0b5b0 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 28.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c455e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c455e0]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#c455e0 (#c455e0) is rgb(196, 85, 224) in RGB.

No, #c455e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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