#cd9fe4

Color #cd9fe4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 7.29 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cd9fe4

RGB

rgb(205, 159, 228)

HSL

hsl(280, 56.1%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 30.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(71.81, 29.33, -28.35)

LCH

lch(71.81, 40.79, 315.97)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.108, 314.14)

HWB

hwb(280, 62.4%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6e49f

Analogous

#ab9fe4

#cd9fe4

#e49fd9

Triadic

#cd9fe4

#e4cd9f

#9fe4cd

Split-complementary

#cd9fe4

#d9e49f

#9fe4ab

Tetradic

#cd9fe4

#e49fb6

#b6e49f

#9fe4cd

Square

#cd9fe4

#e4ab9f

#b6e49f

#9fd9e4

Shades

Color #cd9fe4 mixed toward black.

#b36dd6

#993ac8

#732a97

#4d1c65

#260e32

Tints

Color #cd9fe4 mixed toward white.

#d5afe9

#debfed

#e6cff2

#eedff6

#f7effb

Tones

Color #cd9fe4 mixed toward gray.

#cba5de

#c9abd9

#c7b0d3

#c5b6cd

#c3bcc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbad6 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#bdc1d2 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#cbcac7 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd9fe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd9fe4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cd9fe4 (#cd9fe4) is rgb(205, 159, 228) in RGB.

No, #cd9fe4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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