#c59cd9

Color #c59cd9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 7.9 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c59cd9

RGB

rgb(197, 156, 217)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 44.5%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 28.1%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(69.94, 26.2, -25.25)

LCH

lch(69.94, 36.39, 316.06)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0965, 314.41)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 61.2%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0d99c

Analogous

#a69cd9

#c59cd9

#d99cce

Triadic

#c59cd9

#d9c59c

#9cd9c5

Split-complementary

#c59cd9

#ced99c

#9cd9a6

Tetradic

#c59cd9

#d99cb0

#b0d99c

#9cd9c5

Square

#c59cd9

#d9a69c

#b0d99c

#9cced9

Shades

Color #c59cd9 mixed toward black.

#ab6fc8

#8f45b4

#6b3487

#48225a

#24112d

Tints

Color #c59cd9 mixed toward white.

#cfacdf

#d8bde6

#e2cdec

#ecdef2

#f5eef9

Tones

Color #c59cd9 mixed toward gray.

#c3a1d4

#c1a6cf

#c0abca

#beb0c5

#bcb5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b4cc · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#b7bac9 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#c3c2bf · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c59cd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c59cd9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c59cd9 (#c59cd9) is rgb(197, 156, 217) in RGB.

No, #c59cd9 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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