#c99ce0

Color #c99ce0

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 7.62 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c99ce0

RGB

rgb(201, 156, 224)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 52.3%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 30.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 30.4%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(70.58, 28.9, -28.08)

LCH

lch(70.58, 40.3, 315.82)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.1067, 313.94)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 61.2%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3e09c

Analogous

#a79ce0

#c99ce0

#e09cd5

Triadic

#c99ce0

#e0c99c

#9ce0c9

Split-complementary

#c99ce0

#d5e09c

#9ce0a7

Tetradic

#c99ce0

#e09cb3

#b3e09c

#9ce0c9

Square

#c99ce0

#e0a79c

#b3e09c

#9cd5e0

Shades

Color #c99ce0 mixed toward black.

#af6cd1

#943cc1

#6f2d91

#4a1e60

#250f30

Tints

Color #c99ce0 mixed toward white.

#d2ace5

#dbbdea

#e4cdef

#eddef5

#f6eefa

Tones

Color #c99ce0 mixed toward gray.

#c7a2da

#c5a7d5

#c3adcf

#c2b3c9

#c0b8c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7d2 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#babdcf · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#c7c6c4 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 22.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c99ce0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c99ce0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c99ce0 (#c99ce0) is rgb(201, 156, 224) in RGB.

No, #c99ce0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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