#cd00cd

Color #cd00cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 20.77 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cd00cd

RGB

rgb(205, 0, 205)

HSL

hsl(300, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(48.75, 83.33, -51.6)

LCH

lch(48.75, 98.01, 328.23)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.2736, 328.36)

HWB

hwb(300, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00cd00

Analogous

#6700cd

#cd00cd

#cd0067

Triadic

#cd00cd

#cdcd00

#00cdcd

Split-complementary

#cd00cd

#67cd00

#00cd67

Tetradic

#cd00cd

#cd0000

#00cd00

#00cdcd

Square

#cd00cd

#cd6700

#00cd00

#0067cd

Shades

Color #cd00cd mixed toward black.

#ab00ab

#890089

#670067

#440044

#220022

Tints

Color #cd00cd mixed toward white.

#ff01ff

#ff34ff

#ff67ff

#ff99ff

#ffccff

Tones

Color #cd00cd mixed toward gray.

#bc11bc

#ab22ab

#9a339a

#894489

#785578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.48:1

White text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9eb5 · ΔE 30.5

Deuteranopia

#a6afaf · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#c89f99 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 30.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd00cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd00cd]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#cd00cd (#cd00cd) is rgb(205, 0, 205) in RGB.

No, #cd00cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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