#c472fa

Color #c472fa

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 12.34 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#c472fa

RGB

rgb(196, 114, 250)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 93.2%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 54.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 54.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(62.23, 55.46, -55.5)

LCH

lch(62.23, 78.46, 314.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.2032, 309.99)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 44.7%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8fa72

Analogous

#8072fa

#c472fa

#fa72ec

Triadic

#c472fa

#fac472

#72fac4

Split-complementary

#c472fa

#ecfa72

#72fa80

Tetradic

#c472fa

#fa72a8

#a8fa72

#72fac4

Square

#c472fa

#fa8072

#a8fa72

#72ecfa

Shades

Color #c472fa mixed toward black.

#ac37f8

#9108eb

#6d06b0

#480475

#24023b

Tints

Color #c472fa mixed toward white.

#ce8afb

#d8a1fc

#e2b9fd

#ebd0fd

#f5e8fe

Tones

Color #c472fa mixed toward gray.

#c27def

#bf89e3

#bd94d8

#bb9fcd

#b8abc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6e3 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#abb0dd · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#c1cec9 · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c472fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c472fa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c472fa (#c472fa) is rgb(196, 114, 250) in RGB.

No, #c472fa 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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