#cd70e5

Color #cd70e5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-400 #ed6aff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cd70e5

RGB

rgb(205, 112, 229)

HSL

hsl(287.7, 69.2%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.7, 51.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 51.1%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(61.85, 54.46, -44.4)

LCH

lch(61.85, 70.27, 320.81)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1881, 319.09)

HWB

hwb(287.7, 43.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88e570

Analogous

#9370e5

#cd70e5

#e570c3

Triadic

#cd70e5

#e5cd70

#70e5cd

Split-complementary

#cd70e5

#c3e570

#70e593

Tetradic

#cd70e5

#e57088

#88e570

#70e5cd

Square

#cd70e5

#e59370

#88e570

#70c3e5

Shades

Color #cd70e5 mixed toward black.

#bc40dc

#a023c0

#781a90

#501260

#280930

Tints

Color #cd70e5 mixed toward white.

#d588e9

#dea0ee

#e6b8f2

#eecff6

#f7e7fb

Tones

Color #cd70e5 mixed toward gray.

#c77adb

#c284d2

#bc8dc8

#b697be

#b0a1b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adacd0 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#b1b7cb · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#cabeba · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 27.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd70e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd70e5]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#cd70e5 (#cd70e5) is rgb(205, 112, 229) in RGB.

No, #cd70e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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