#cd44ee

Color #cd44ee

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 15.67 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#cd44ee

RGB

rgb(205, 68, 238)

HSL

hsl(288.4, 83.3%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.4, 71.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(55.37, 75.24, -59.74)

LCH

lch(55.37, 96.07, 321.55)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.2556, 319.03)

HWB

hwb(288.4, 26.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#65ee44

Analogous

#7844ee

#cd44ee

#ee44ba

Triadic

#cd44ee

#eecd44

#44eecd

Split-complementary

#cd44ee

#baee44

#44ee78

Tetradic

#cd44ee

#ee4465

#65ee44

#44eecd

Square

#cd44ee

#ee7844

#65ee44

#44baee

Shades

Color #cd44ee mixed toward black.

#c115ea

#9a11bb

#740d8c

#4d095d

#27042f

Tints

Color #cd44ee mixed toward white.

#d563f1

#de82f4

#e6a2f6

#eec1f9

#f7e0fc

Tones

Color #cd44ee mixed toward gray.

#c452e0

#bc60d2

#b36fc3

#aa7db5

#a28ba7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a3d5 · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#aab2ce · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#c9bdb7 · ΔE 37.3

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 30.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd44ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd44ee]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#cd44ee (#cd44ee) is rgb(205, 68, 238) in RGB.

No, #cd44ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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