#c96ef2

Color #c96ef2

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.44 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c96ef2

RGB

rgb(201, 110, 242)

HSL

hsl(281.4, 83.5%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.4, 54.5%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 54.5%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(61.64, 57.03, -51.99)

LCH

lch(61.64, 77.17, 317.65)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.2026, 314.18)

HWB

hwb(281.4, 43.1%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97f26e

Analogous

#876ef2

#c96ef2

#f26ed9

Triadic

#c96ef2

#f2c96e

#6ef2c9

Split-complementary

#c96ef2

#d9f26e

#6ef287

Tetradic

#c96ef2

#f26e97

#97f26e

#6ef2c9

Square

#c96ef2

#f2876e

#97f26e

#6ed9f2

Shades

Color #c96ef2 mixed toward black.

#b538ed

#9b13d7

#740fa1

#4d0a6c

#270536

Tints

Color #c96ef2 mixed toward white.

#d286f4

#db9ef6

#e4b6f8

#edcffb

#f6e7fd

Tones

Color #c96ef2 mixed toward gray.

#c579e7

#c184dc

#bc8fd1

#b89ac6

#b4a5bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7:1

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

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9db · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#aeb4d5 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#c6c7c2 · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c96ef2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c96ef2]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c96ef2 (#c96ef2) is rgb(201, 110, 242) in RGB.

No, #c96ef2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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