#cc97e5

Color #cc97e5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.49 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cc97e5

RGB

rgb(204, 151, 229)

HSL

hsl(280.8, 60%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.8, 34.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(69.91, 33.6, -31.83)

LCH

lch(69.91, 46.28, 316.55)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1225, 314.57)

HWB

hwb(280.8, 59.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0e597

Analogous

#a597e5

#cc97e5

#e597d7

Triadic

#cc97e5

#e5cc97

#97e5cc

Split-complementary

#cc97e5

#d7e597

#97e5a5

Tetradic

#cc97e5

#e597b0

#b0e597

#97e5cc

Square

#cc97e5

#e5a597

#b0e597

#97d7e5

Shades

Color #cc97e5 mixed toward black.

#b364d8

#9a33cb

#742698

#4d1965

#270d33

Tints

Color #cc97e5 mixed toward white.

#d5a8e9

#ddbaee

#e6cbf2

#eedcf6

#f7eefb

Tones

Color #cc97e5 mixed toward gray.

#ca9dde

#c7a4d8

#c5aad1

#c3b1cb

#c0b7c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7d5 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#babed2 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#cac8c5 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cc97e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cc97e5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cc97e5 (#cc97e5) is rgb(204, 151, 229) in RGB.

No, #cc97e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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