#c173d4

Color #c173d4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c173d4

RGB

rgb(193, 115, 212)

HSL

hsl(288.2, 53%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.2, 45.8%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 45.8%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(60.21, 46.23, -37.56)

LCH

lch(60.21, 59.56, 320.91)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.1599, 319.57)

HWB

hwb(288.2, 45.1%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86d473

Analogous

#9073d4

#c173d4

#d473b7

Triadic

#c173d4

#d4c173

#73d4c1

Split-complementary

#c173d4

#b7d473

#73d490

Tetradic

#c173d4

#d47386

#86d473

#73d4c1

Square

#c173d4

#d49073

#86d473

#73b7d4

Shades

Color #c173d4 mixed toward black.

#ae49c7

#9033a7

#6c267d

#481a53

#240d2a

Tints

Color #c173d4 mixed toward white.

#cb8adb

#d6a2e2

#e0b9e9

#ead0f1

#f5e8f8

Tones

Color #c173d4 mixed toward gray.

#bc7bcc

#b783c4

#b28bbc

#ad93b4

#a89bac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4c2 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#a9aebe · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#beb2af · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c173d4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c173d4]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#c173d4 (#c173d4) is rgb(193, 115, 212) in RGB.

No, #c173d4 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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