#c457f4

Color #c457f4

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 13.9 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c457f4

RGB

rgb(196, 87, 244)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 87.7%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 64.3%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(57.16, 67, -60.28)

LCH

lch(57.16, 90.13, 318.02)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.235, 313.81)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 34.1%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87f457

Analogous

#7657f4

#c457f4

#f457d5

Triadic

#c457f4

#f4c457

#57f4c4

Split-complementary

#c457f4

#d5f457

#57f476

Tetradic

#c457f4

#f45787

#87f457

#57f4c4

Square

#c457f4

#f47657

#87f457

#57d5f4

Shades

Color #c457f4 mixed toward black.

#b223f1

#940ecf

#6f0a9b

#4a0768

#250334

Tints

Color #c457f4 mixed toward white.

#ce73f6

#d88ff8

#e2abf9

#ebc7fb

#f5e3fd

Tones

Color #c457f4 mixed toward gray.

#bf64e7

#ba71da

#b57ecd

#b08bc0

#ab98b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a0db · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#a6acd4 · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#c0c4bf · ΔE 36.2

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 29.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c457f4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c457f4]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c457f4 (#c457f4) is rgb(196, 87, 244) in RGB.

No, #c457f4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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