#cd9afa

Color #cd9afa

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 19.03 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#cd9afa

RGB

rgb(205, 154, 250)

HSL

hsl(271.9, 90.6%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.9, 38.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 38.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(71.55, 36.7, -40.75)

LCH

lch(71.55, 54.84, 312.01)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.1428, 307.78)

HWB

hwb(271.9, 60.4%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7fa9a

Analogous

#9d9afa

#cd9afa

#fa9af7

Triadic

#cd9afa

#facd9a

#9afacd

Split-complementary

#cd9afa

#f7fa9a

#9afa9d

Tetradic

#cd9afa

#fa9ac7

#c7fa9a

#9afacd

Square

#cd9afa

#fa9d9a

#c7fa9a

#9af7fa

Shades

Color #cd9afa mixed toward black.

#ad5af7

#8e1af4

#6b09c0

#470680

#240340

Tints

Color #cd9afa mixed toward white.

#d5abfb

#debcfc

#e6ccfd

#eeddfd

#f7eefe

Tones

Color #cd9afa mixed toward gray.

#cca2f2

#ccaaea

#cbb2e2

#cbbada

#cac2d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9e7 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#bcc0e3 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#cbd7d4 · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 25

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd9afa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd9afa]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#cd9afa (#cd9afa) is rgb(205, 154, 250) in RGB.

No, #cd9afa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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