#cd4ee9

Color #cd4ee9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 14.24 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cd4ee9

RGB

rgb(205, 78, 233)

HSL

hsl(289.2, 77.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.2, 66.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 66.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(56.4, 70.6, -55.28)

LCH

lch(56.4, 89.67, 321.94)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.2399, 319.87)

HWB

hwb(289.2, 30.6%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ae94e

Analogous

#804ee9

#cd4ee9

#e94eb7

Triadic

#cd4ee9

#e9cd4e

#4ee9cd

Split-complementary

#cd4ee9

#b7e94e

#4ee980

Tetradic

#cd4ee9

#e94e6a

#6ae94e

#4ee9cd

Square

#cd4ee9

#e9804e

#6ae94e

#4eb7e9

Shades

Color #cd4ee9 mixed toward black.

#c020e3

#9b17b8

#75118a

#4e0b5c

#27062e

Tints

Color #cd4ee9 mixed toward white.

#d56ced

#de89f0

#e6a7f4

#eec4f8

#f7e2fb

Tones

Color #cd4ee9 mixed toward gray.

#c55bdc

#bd68cf

#b475c2

#ac82b5

#a48fa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a5d1 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#acb3ca · ΔE 27.6

Tritanopia

#c9bbb5 · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 29.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd4ee9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd4ee9]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#cd4ee9 (#cd4ee9) is rgb(205, 78, 233) in RGB.

No, #cd4ee9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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