#cb97e6

Color #cb97e6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cb97e6

RGB

rgb(203, 151, 230)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 61.2%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 34.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(69.86, 33.5, -32.48)

LCH

lch(69.86, 46.66, 315.89)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1233, 313.65)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 59.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2e697

Analogous

#a497e6

#cb97e6

#e697d9

Triadic

#cb97e6

#e6cb97

#97e6cb

Split-complementary

#cb97e6

#d9e697

#97e6a4

Tetradic

#cb97e6

#e697b2

#b2e697

#97e6cb

Square

#cb97e6

#e6a497

#b2e697

#97d9e6

Shades

Color #cb97e6 mixed toward black.

#b164da

#9831cd

#72259a

#4c1966

#260c33

Tints

Color #cb97e6 mixed toward white.

#d4a8ea

#dcbaee

#e5cbf2

#eedcf7

#f6eefb

Tones

Color #cb97e6 mixed toward gray.

#c99edf

#c7a4d9

#c5abd2

#c3b1cc

#c1b8c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b6d6 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#babdd2 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#c9c9c6 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cb97e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb97e6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cb97e6 (#cb97e6) is rgb(203, 151, 230) in RGB.

No, #cb97e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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