#c295de

Color #c295de

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.41 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c295de

RGB

rgb(194, 149, 222)

HSL

hsl(277, 52.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 32.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(68.2, 30.15, -30.71)

LCH

lch(68.2, 43.04, 314.47)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1133, 311.92)

HWB

hwb(277, 58.4%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1de95

Analogous

#9d95de

#c295de

#de95d5

Triadic

#c295de

#dec295

#95dec2

Split-complementary

#c295de

#d5de95

#95de9d

Tetradic

#c295de

#de95b1

#b1de95

#95dec2

Square

#c295de

#de9d95

#b1de95

#95d5de

Shades

Color #c295de mixed toward black.

#a766cf

#8b3bbc

#682c8d

#451d5e

#230f2f

Tints

Color #c295de mixed toward white.

#cca7e3

#d6b8e9

#e0caee

#ebdcf4

#f5edf9

Tones

Color #c295de mixed toward gray.

#c09bd8

#bfa1d2

#bea7cc

#bcadc6

#bbb3bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0cf · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#b3b6cc · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#c0c3c0 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c295de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c295de]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c295de (#c295de) is rgb(194, 149, 222) in RGB.

No, #c295de 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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