#c37ae3

Color #c37ae3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 12.02 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c37ae3

RGB

rgb(195, 122, 227)

HSL

hsl(281.7, 65.2%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.7, 46.3%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 46.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(62.57, 46.17, -42.24)

LCH

lch(62.57, 62.58, 317.55)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.1653, 314.83)

HWB

hwb(281.7, 47.8%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ae37a

Analogous

#8e7ae3

#c37ae3

#e37ace

Triadic

#c37ae3

#e3c37a

#7ae3c3

Split-complementary

#c37ae3

#cee37a

#7ae38e

Tetradic

#c37ae3

#e37a9a

#9ae37a

#7ae3c3

Square

#c37ae3

#e38e7a

#9ae37a

#7acee3

Shades

Color #c37ae3 mixed toward black.

#ad4ad9

#9228c0

#6d1e90

#491460

#240a30

Tints

Color #c37ae3 mixed toward white.

#cd90e8

#d7a6ec

#e1bcf1

#ebd3f6

#f5e9fa

Tones

Color #c37ae3 mixed toward gray.

#bf83da

#bc8bd1

#b994c9

#b59dc0

#b2a6b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8d0 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#acb1cb · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#c0bfbb · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c37ae3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c37ae3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c37ae3 (#c37ae3) is rgb(195, 122, 227) in RGB.

No, #c37ae3 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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