#c78aeb

Color #c78aeb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c78aeb

RGB

rgb(199, 138, 235)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 70.8%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 41.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 41.3%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(66.76, 40.43, -40.07)

LCH

lch(66.76, 56.92, 315.26)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1495, 312.04)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 54.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeeb8a

Analogous

#968aeb

#c78aeb

#eb8adf

Triadic

#c78aeb

#ebc78a

#8aebc7

Split-complementary

#c78aeb

#dfeb8a

#8aeb96

Tetradic

#c78aeb

#eb8aae

#aeeb8a

#8aebc7

Square

#c78aeb

#eb968a

#aeeb8a

#8adfeb

Shades

Color #c78aeb mixed toward black.

#ad55e2

#9324d4

#6e1b9f

#49126a

#250935

Tints

Color #c78aeb mixed toward white.

#d09dee

#dab1f2

#e3c4f5

#ecd8f8

#f6ebfc

Tones

Color #c78aeb mixed toward gray.

#c592e3

#c39adb

#c1a2d3

#bfaacb

#bcb2c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0afd9 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#b3b7d4 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#c5c9c5 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c78aeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c78aeb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c78aeb (#c78aeb) is rgb(199, 138, 235) in RGB.

No, #c78aeb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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