#c55eeb

Color #c55eeb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.53 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#c55eeb

RGB

rgb(197, 94, 235)

HSL

hsl(283.8, 77.9%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.8, 60%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 60%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(57.92, 62.29, -54.04)

LCH

lch(57.92, 82.46, 319.06)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.2173, 315.88)

HWB

hwb(283.8, 36.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84eb5e

Analogous

#7e5eeb

#c55eeb

#eb5ecb

Triadic

#c55eeb

#ebc55e

#5eebc5

Split-complementary

#c55eeb

#cbeb5e

#5eeb7e

Tetradic

#c55eeb

#eb5e84

#84eb5e

#5eebc5

Square

#c55eeb

#eb7e5e

#84eb5e

#5ecbeb

Shades

Color #c55eeb mixed toward black.

#b32de5

#9518c3

#701292

#4a0c62

#250631

Tints

Color #c55eeb mixed toward white.

#cf79ee

#d894f2

#e2aef5

#ecc9f8

#f5e4fc

Tones

Color #c55eeb mixed toward gray.

#c06adf

#ba75d3

#b581c8

#af8dbc

#aa99b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a2d4 · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#a8aece · ΔE 24.2

Tritanopia

#c1bfba · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 28.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c55eeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c55eeb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c55eeb (#c55eeb) is rgb(197, 94, 235) in RGB.

No, #c55eeb 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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