#c29cd8

Color #c29cd8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c29cd8

RGB

rgb(194, 156, 216)

HSL

hsl(278, 43.5%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 27.8%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(69.62, 25.03, -25.22)

LCH

lch(69.62, 35.53, 314.78)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0938, 312.84)

HWB

hwb(278, 61.2%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2d89c

Analogous

#a49cd8

#c29cd8

#d89cd0

Triadic

#c29cd8

#d8c29c

#9cd8c2

Split-complementary

#c29cd8

#d0d89c

#9cd8a4

Tetradic

#c29cd8

#d89cb2

#b2d89c

#9cd8c2

Square

#c29cd8

#d8a49c

#b2d89c

#9cd0d8

Shades

Color #c29cd8 mixed toward black.

#a76fc6

#8a46b2

#683585

#452359

#23122c

Tints

Color #c29cd8 mixed toward white.

#ccacde

#d6bde5

#e0cdeb

#ebdef2

#f5eef8

Tones

Color #c29cd8 mixed toward gray.

#c1a1d3

#bfa6ce

#beabc9

#bdb0c4

#bbb5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b2cc · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#b5b8c8 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#c0c1bf · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c29cd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c29cd8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c29cd8 (#c29cd8) is rgb(194, 156, 216) in RGB.

No, #c29cd8 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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