#cd7ae9

Color #cd7ae9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 10.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cd7ae9

RGB

rgb(205, 122, 233)

HSL

hsl(284.9, 71.6%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.9, 47.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 47.6%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(63.98, 50.18, -43.27)

LCH

lch(63.98, 66.26, 319.23)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1763, 317.09)

HWB

hwb(284.9, 47.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96e97a

Analogous

#967ae9

#cd7ae9

#e97acd

Triadic

#cd7ae9

#e9cd7a

#7ae9cd

Split-complementary

#cd7ae9

#cde97a

#7ae996

Tetradic

#cd7ae9

#e97a96

#96e97a

#7ae9cd

Square

#cd7ae9

#e9967a

#96e97a

#7acde9

Shades

Color #cd7ae9 mixed toward black.

#ba47e1

#a022cb

#781998

#501166

#280833

Tints

Color #cd7ae9 mixed toward white.

#d590ed

#dea6f0

#e6bcf4

#eed3f8

#f7e9fb

Tones

Color #cd7ae9 mixed toward gray.

#c883e0

#c48cd6

#bf96cd

#bb9fc4

#b6a8bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafd5 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#b4b9d0 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#cac3bf · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd7ae9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd7ae9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cd7ae9 (#cd7ae9) is rgb(205, 122, 233) in RGB.

No, #cd7ae9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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