#c78af3

Color #c78af3

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.64 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c78af3

RGB

rgb(199, 138, 243)

HSL

hsl(274.9, 81.4%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.9, 43.2%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.1%, 43.2%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(67.12, 42.14, -43.9)

LCH

lch(67.12, 60.85, 313.83)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.1587, 309.76)

HWB

hwb(274.9, 54.1%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6f38a

Analogous

#938af3

#c78af3

#f38aea

Triadic

#c78af3

#f3c78a

#8af3c7

Split-complementary

#c78af3

#eaf38a

#8af393

Tetradic

#c78af3

#f38ab6

#b6f38a

#8af3c7

Square

#c78af3

#f3938a

#b6f38a

#8aeaf3

Shades

Color #c78af3 mixed toward black.

#ac50ed

#9018e6

#6c12ad

#480c73

#24063a

Tints

Color #c78af3 mixed toward white.

#d09df5

#dab1f7

#e3c4f9

#ecd8fb

#f6ebfd

Tones

Color #c78af3 mixed toward gray.

#c693ea

#c49be1

#c3a4d9

#c1add0

#c0b6c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0afdf · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#b3b7da · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#c5ceca · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c78af3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c78af3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c78af3 (#c78af3) is rgb(199, 138, 243) in RGB.

No, #c78af3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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