#c428ff

Color #c428ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 15.82 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c428ff

RGB

rgb(196, 40, 255)

HSL

hsl(283.5, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.5, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 84.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(52.37, 84.84, -74.13)

LCH

lch(52.37, 112.66, 318.85)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.2901, 313.63)

HWB

hwb(283.5, 15.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#63ff28

Analogous

#5828ff

#c428ff

#ff28cf

Triadic

#c428ff

#ffc428

#28ffc4

Split-complementary

#c428ff

#cfff28

#28ff58

Tetradic

#c428ff

#ff2863

#63ff28

#28ffc4

Square

#c428ff

#ff5828

#63ff28

#28cfff

Shades

Color #c428ff mixed toward black.

#b200f6

#8e00c5

#6b0093

#470062

#240031

Tints

Color #c428ff mixed toward white.

#ce4cff

#d870ff

#e193ff

#ebb7ff

#f5dbff

Tones

Color #c428ff mixed toward gray.

#bc3aed

#b44cdb

#ac5ec9

#a470b7

#9b81a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a99e2 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#a0a8db · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#c0c8c1 · ΔE 40.9

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 31.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c428ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c428ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c428ff (#c428ff) is rgb(196, 40, 255) in RGB.

No, #c428ff 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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