#c474ef

Color #c474ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c474ef

RGB

rgb(196, 116, 239)

HSL

hsl(279, 79.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 51.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 51.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(62.05, 52.09, -49.71)

LCH

lch(62.05, 72, 316.34)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1883, 312.48)

HWB

hwb(279, 45.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fef74

Analogous

#8674ef

#c474ef

#ef74dd

Triadic

#c474ef

#efc474

#74efc4

Split-complementary

#c474ef

#ddef74

#74ef86

Tetradic

#c474ef

#ef749f

#9fef74

#74efc4

Square

#c474ef

#ef8674

#9fef74

#74ddef

Shades

Color #c474ef mixed toward black.

#ad3fe9

#9318d4

#6e129f

#490c6a

#250635

Tints

Color #c474ef mixed toward white.

#ce8bf2

#d8a2f4

#e1b9f7

#ebd1fa

#f5e8fc

Tones

Color #c474ef mixed toward gray.

#c17ee5

#be88db

#bb93d0

#b89dc6

#b5a7bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7d9 · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#acb1d4 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#c1c6c1 · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c474ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c474ef]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c474ef (#c474ef) is rgb(196, 116, 239) in RGB.

No, #c474ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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