#c594e5

Color #c594e5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.97 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c594e5

RGB

rgb(197, 148, 229)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 60.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 35.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 35.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(68.54, 33.1, -34.01)

LCH

lch(68.54, 47.46, 314.22)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.1247, 311.29)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 58%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4e594

Analogous

#9c94e5

#c594e5

#e594dc

Triadic

#c594e5

#e5c594

#94e5c5

Split-complementary

#c594e5

#dce594

#94e59c

Tetradic

#c594e5

#e594b4

#b4e594

#94e5c5

Square

#c594e5

#e59c94

#b4e594

#94dce5

Shades

Color #c594e5 mixed toward black.

#aa61d9

#8e31ca

#6a2598

#471965

#230c33

Tints

Color #c594e5 mixed toward white.

#cfa6e9

#d8b8ee

#e2c9f2

#ecdbf6

#f5edfb

Tones

Color #c594e5 mixed toward gray.

#c49bde

#c2a1d7

#c1a8d1

#bfafca

#beb6c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2d5 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#b5b8d1 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#c3c7c4 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c594e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c594e5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c594e5 (#c594e5) is rgb(197, 148, 229) in RGB.

No, #c594e5 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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