#cb72f3

Color #cb72f3

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 10.24 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#cb72f3

RGB

rgb(203, 114, 243)

HSL

hsl(281.4, 84.3%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.4, 53.1%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 53.1%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(62.68, 55.75, -50.88)

LCH

lch(62.68, 75.48, 317.61)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1984, 314.26)

HWB

hwb(281.4, 44.7%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9af372

Analogous

#8b72f3

#cb72f3

#f372da

Triadic

#cb72f3

#f3cb72

#72f3cb

Split-complementary

#cb72f3

#daf372

#72f38b

Tetradic

#cb72f3

#f3729a

#9af372

#72f3cb

Square

#cb72f3

#f38b72

#9af372

#72daf3

Shades

Color #cb72f3 mixed toward black.

#b73bee

#9d13db

#760ea4

#4f096e

#270537

Tints

Color #cb72f3 mixed toward white.

#d48af5

#dca1f7

#e5b9f9

#eed0fb

#f6e8fd

Tones

Color #cb72f3 mixed toward gray.

#c77de8

#c388dd

#bf92d3

#bb9dc8

#b7a8bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acabdd · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#b0b6d7 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#c8c9c4 · ΔE 35.7

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cb72f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb72f3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cb72f3 (#cb72f3) is rgb(203, 114, 243) in RGB.

No, #cb72f3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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