#c485e9

Color #c485e9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.44 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c485e9

RGB

rgb(196, 133, 233)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 69.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 42.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 42.9%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(65.27, 41.84, -41.31)

LCH

lch(65.27, 58.8, 315.37)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.1543, 312.03)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 52.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aae985

Analogous

#9285e9

#c485e9

#e985dc

Triadic

#c485e9

#e9c485

#85e9c4

Split-complementary

#c485e9

#dce985

#85e992

Tetradic

#c485e9

#e985aa

#aae985

#85e9c4

Square

#c485e9

#e99285

#aae985

#85dce9

Shades

Color #c485e9 mixed toward black.

#ab51e0

#9025cf

#6c1c9b

#481367

#240934

Tints

Color #c485e9 mixed toward white.

#ce99ed

#d8aef0

#e2c2f4

#ebd6f8

#f5ebfb

Tones

Color #c485e9 mixed toward gray.

#c28ee1

#c096d8

#be9ed0

#bba6c8

#b9afbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacd6 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#b0b4d1 · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#c1c6c2 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c485e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c485e9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c485e9 (#c485e9) is rgb(196, 133, 233) in RGB.

No, #c485e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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