#c55cf0

Color #c55cf0

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c55cf0

RGB

rgb(197, 92, 240)

HSL

hsl(282.6, 83.1%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.6, 61.7%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 61.7%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(57.86, 64.2, -56.92)

LCH

lch(57.86, 85.8, 318.44)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.2249, 314.77)

HWB

hwb(282.6, 36.1%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87f05c

Analogous

#7b5cf0

#c55cf0

#f05cd1

Triadic

#c55cf0

#f0c55c

#5cf0c5

Split-complementary

#c55cf0

#d1f05c

#5cf07b

Tetradic

#c55cf0

#f05c87

#87f05c

#5cf0c5

Square

#c55cf0

#f07b5c

#87f05c

#5cd1f0

Shades

Color #c55cf0 mixed toward black.

#b329eb

#9513cb

#700e98

#4b0965

#250533

Tints

Color #c55cf0 mixed toward white.

#cf77f2

#d892f5

#e2aef7

#ecc9fa

#f5e4fc

Tones

Color #c55cf0 mixed toward gray.

#c068e4

#bb75d7

#b681cb

#b08dbf

#ab9ab2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2d8 · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#a8aed2 · ΔE 24.2

Tritanopia

#c1c2bd · ΔE 38

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c55cf0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c55cf0]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c55cf0 (#c55cf0) is rgb(197, 92, 240) in RGB.

No, #c55cf0 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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