#cb9be4

Color #cb9be4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.69 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#cb9be4

RGB

rgb(203, 155, 228)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 57.5%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 32%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(70.69, 30.9, -30.09)

LCH

lch(70.69, 43.13, 315.76)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.114, 313.72)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 60.8%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4e49b

Analogous

#a79be4

#cb9be4

#e49bd8

Triadic

#cb9be4

#e4cb9b

#9be4cb

Split-complementary

#cb9be4

#d8e49b

#9be4a7

Tetradic

#cb9be4

#e49bb4

#b4e49b

#9be4cb

Square

#cb9be4

#e4a79b

#b4e49b

#9bd8e4

Shades

Color #cb9be4 mixed toward black.

#b169d6

#9736c9

#712997

#4b1b65

#260e32

Tints

Color #cb9be4 mixed toward white.

#d4ace9

#dcbced

#e5cdf2

#eedef6

#f6eefb

Tones

Color #cb9be4 mixed toward gray.

#c9a1de

#c7a7d8

#c5add2

#c3b3cc

#c1b9c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8d5 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#bbbed2 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#c9c9c6 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cb9be4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb9be4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cb9be4 (#cb9be4) is rgb(203, 155, 228) in RGB.

No, #cb9be4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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