#c9a8fe

Color #c9a8fe

A vivid, highly saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.74 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#c9a8fe

RGB

rgb(201, 168, 254)

HSL

hsl(263, 97.7%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263, 33.9%, 99.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 33.9%, 0%, 0.4%)

LAB

lab(74.56, 28.77, -38.26)

LCH

lch(74.56, 47.87, 306.94)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.1239, 301.27)

HWB

hwb(263, 65.9%, 0.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddfea8

Analogous

#a8b2fe

#c9a8fe

#f4a8fe

Triadic

#c9a8fe

#fec9a8

#a8fec9

Split-complementary

#c9a8fe

#fef4a8

#b2fea8

Tetradic

#c9a8fe

#fea8dd

#ddfea8

#a8fec9

Square

#c9a8fe

#fea8b2

#ddfea8

#a8fef4

Shades

Color #c9a8fe mixed toward black.

#9e62fd

#731dfc

#5102d0

#36028b

#1b0145

Tints

Color #c9a8fe mixed toward white.

#d2b6fe

#dbc5fe

#e4d3fe

#ede2ff

#f6f0ff

Tones

Color #c9a8fe mixed toward gray.

#cbaff7

#ccb6f0

#cebde8

#d0c5e1

#d1ccda

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbbed · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#bdc0e9 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#c8dedb · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9a8fe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9a8fe]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#c9a8fe (#c9a8fe) is rgb(201, 168, 254) in RGB.

No, #c9a8fe is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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