#ca8eee

Color #ca8eee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 16.91 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ca8eee

RGB

rgb(202, 142, 238)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 73.8%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 40.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(68.08, 39.77, -39.64)

LCH

lch(68.08, 56.15, 315.09)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.1474, 311.92)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 55.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2ee8e

Analogous

#9a8eee

#ca8eee

#ee8ee2

Triadic

#ca8eee

#eeca8e

#8eeeca

Split-complementary

#ca8eee

#e2ee8e

#8eee9a

Tetradic

#ca8eee

#ee8eb2

#b2ee8e

#8eeeca

Square

#ca8eee

#ee9a8e

#b2ee8e

#8ee2ee

Shades

Color #ca8eee mixed toward black.

#b057e6

#9621dc

#7119a5

#4b116e

#260837

Tints

Color #ca8eee mixed toward white.

#d3a1f1

#dcb4f4

#e4c6f6

#edd9f9

#f6ecfc

Tones

Color #ca8eee mixed toward gray.

#c896e6

#c69ede

#c4a6d6

#c2aece

#c0b6c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3dc · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#b6bbd7 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#c8ccc8 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 25.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca8eee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca8eee]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ca8eee (#ca8eee) is rgb(202, 142, 238) in RGB.

No, #ca8eee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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