#ca9be2

Color #ca9be2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ca9be2

RGB

rgb(202, 155, 226)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 55%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 31.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(70.52, 30.17, -29.26)

LCH

lch(70.52, 42.03, 315.88)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.1112, 313.91)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 60.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3e29b

Analogous

#a69be2

#ca9be2

#e29bd6

Triadic

#ca9be2

#e2ca9b

#9be2ca

Split-complementary

#ca9be2

#d6e29b

#9be2a6

Tetradic

#ca9be2

#e29bb3

#b3e29b

#9be2ca

Square

#ca9be2

#e2a69b

#b3e29b

#9bd6e2

Shades

Color #ca9be2 mixed toward black.

#b06ad4

#9639c5

#702b94

#4b1d62

#250e31

Tints

Color #ca9be2 mixed toward white.

#d3ace7

#dcbcec

#e4cdf0

#eddef5

#f6eefa

Tones

Color #ca9be2 mixed toward gray.

#c8a1dc

#c6a7d6

#c4add0

#c2b3ca

#c0b9c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b7d4 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#babdd0 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#c8c7c4 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ca9be2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca9be2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ca9be2 (#ca9be2) is rgb(202, 155, 226) in RGB.

No, #ca9be2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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