#cc6ae1

Color #cc6ae1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.86 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-400 #ed6aff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#cc6ae1

RGB

rgb(204, 106, 225)

HSL

hsl(289.4, 66.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.4, 52.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(60.41, 56.38, -44.44)

LCH

lch(60.41, 71.79, 321.75)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1931, 320.32)

HWB

hwb(289.4, 41.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7fe16a

Analogous

#906ae1

#cc6ae1

#e16abb

Triadic

#cc6ae1

#e1cc6a

#6ae1cc

Split-complementary

#cc6ae1

#bbe16a

#6ae190

Tetradic

#cc6ae1

#e16a7f

#7fe16a

#6ae1cc

Square

#cc6ae1

#e1906a

#7fe16a

#6abbe1

Shades

Color #cc6ae1 mixed toward black.

#bc3cd8

#9e25b8

#761c8a

#4f125c

#27092e

Tints

Color #cc6ae1 mixed toward white.

#d483e6

#dd9ceb

#e5b4f0

#eecdf5

#f6e6fa

Tones

Color #cc6ae1 mixed toward gray.

#c674d7

#bf7ecd

#b988c3

#b292b9

#ac9caf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abaacc · ΔE 21.4

Deuteranopia

#b0b6c7 · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#c9bab5 · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cc6ae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cc6ae1]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#cc6ae1 (#cc6ae1) is rgb(204, 106, 225) in RGB.

No, #cc6ae1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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