#c197d9

Color #c197d9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c197d9

RGB

rgb(193, 151, 217)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 46.5%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 30.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.1%, 30.4%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(68.37, 27.69, -27.68)

LCH

lch(68.37, 39.15, 315.01)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1034, 312.84)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 59.2%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afd997

Analogous

#a097d9

#c197d9

#d997d0

Triadic

#c197d9

#d9c197

#97d9c1

Split-complementary

#c197d9

#d0d997

#97d9a0

Tetradic

#c197d9

#d997af

#afd997

#97d9c1

Square

#c197d9

#d9a097

#afd997

#97d0d9

Shades

Color #c197d9 mixed toward black.

#a66ac9

#8a42b4

#683187

#45215a

#23102d

Tints

Color #c197d9 mixed toward white.

#cba8df

#d6bae6

#e0cbec

#eadcf2

#f5eef9

Tones

Color #c197d9 mixed toward gray.

#c09dd4

#bea2ce

#bda8c9

#bbadc3

#bab3be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0cc · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#b3b6c8 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#bfc0bd · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c197d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c197d9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c197d9 (#c197d9) is rgb(193, 151, 217) in RGB.

No, #c197d9 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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