#c09cd6

Color #c09cd6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c09cd6

RGB

rgb(192, 156, 214)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 41.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 27.1%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(69.35, 23.98, -24.53)

LCH

lch(69.35, 34.3, 314.35)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0905, 312.31)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 61.2%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2d69c

Analogous

#a39cd6

#c09cd6

#d69ccf

Triadic

#c09cd6

#d6c09c

#9cd6c0

Split-complementary

#c09cd6

#cfd69c

#9cd6a3

Tetradic

#c09cd6

#d69cb2

#b2d69c

#9cd6c0

Square

#c09cd6

#d6a39c

#b2d69c

#9ccfd6

Shades

Color #c09cd6 mixed toward black.

#a470c4

#8748ae

#663683

#442457

#22122c

Tints

Color #c09cd6 mixed toward white.

#caacdd

#d5bde4

#dfcdea

#eadef1

#f4eef8

Tones

Color #c09cd6 mixed toward gray.

#bfa1d1

#bea6cc

#bcaac7

#bbafc3

#bab4be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b1ca · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#b4b6c7 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#bec0bd · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c09cd6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c09cd6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c09cd6 (#c09cd6) is rgb(192, 156, 214) in RGB.

No, #c09cd6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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