#c175e4

Color #c175e4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 12.45 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c175e4

RGB

rgb(193, 117, 228)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 67.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 48.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 48.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(61.36, 48.45, -44.71)

LCH

lch(61.36, 65.93, 317.3)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.1737, 314.25)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 45.9%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98e475

Analogous

#8975e4

#c175e4

#e475cf

Triadic

#c175e4

#e4c175

#75e4c1

Split-complementary

#c175e4

#cfe475

#75e489

Tetradic

#c175e4

#e47598

#98e475

#75e4c1

Square

#c175e4

#e48975

#98e475

#75cfe4

Shades

Color #c175e4 mixed toward black.

#ab45db

#9026c0

#6c1c90

#481360

#240930

Tints

Color #c175e4 mixed toward white.

#cb8ce8

#d6a3ed

#e0baf1

#ead1f6

#f5e8fa

Tones

Color #c175e4 mixed toward gray.

#be7edb

#ba87d1

#b791c8

#b39abf

#b0a3b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a5d0 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#aaafcb · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#bebeba · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c175e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c175e4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c175e4 (#c175e4) is rgb(193, 117, 228) in RGB.

No, #c175e4 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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