#c539ed

Color #c539ed

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 15.07 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c539ed

RGB

rgb(197, 57, 237)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 83.3%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 75.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(52.85, 77.2, -63.28)

LCH

lch(52.85, 99.82, 320.66)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.263, 317.34)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 22.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#61ed39

Analogous

#6b39ed

#c539ed

#ed39bb

Triadic

#c539ed

#edc539

#39edc5

Split-complementary

#c539ed

#bbed39

#39ed6b

Tetradic

#c539ed

#ed3961

#61ed39

#39edc5

Square

#c539ed

#ed6b39

#61ed39

#39bbed

Shades

Color #c539ed mixed toward black.

#b314e0

#8f10b3

#6b0c87

#48085a

#24042d

Tints

Color #c539ed mixed toward white.

#cf5af0

#d87bf3

#e29cf6

#ecbdf9

#f5defc

Tones

Color #c539ed mixed toward gray.

#bd48de

#b457cf

#ac66c0

#a475b1

#9b84a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bd3 · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#a3aacc · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#c1bbb5 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 30.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c539ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c539ed]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#c539ed (#c539ed) is rgb(197, 57, 237) in RGB.

No, #c539ed 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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