#c59cde

Color #c59cde

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.45 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c59cde

RGB

rgb(197, 156, 222)

HSL

hsl(277.3, 50%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.3, 29.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(70.12, 27.23, -27.72)

LCH

lch(70.12, 38.86, 314.49)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.1024, 312.27)

HWB

hwb(277.3, 61.2%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5de9c

Analogous

#a49cde

#c59cde

#de9cd6

Triadic

#c59cde

#dec59c

#9cdec5

Split-complementary

#c59cde

#d6de9c

#9cdea4

Tetradic

#c59cde

#de9cb5

#b5de9c

#9cdec5

Square

#c59cde

#dea49c

#b5de9c

#9cd6de

Shades

Color #c59cde mixed toward black.

#a96dce

#8d3fbd

#6a2f8e

#471f5e

#23102f

Tints

Color #c59cde mixed toward white.

#cface3

#d8bde9

#e2cdee

#ecdef4

#f5eef9

Tones

Color #c59cde mixed toward gray.

#c4a1d8

#c2a7d3

#c1accd

#c0b2c8

#beb7c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b4d0 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#b7bacd · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#c3c5c2 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c59cde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c59cde]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c59cde (#c59cde) is rgb(197, 156, 222) in RGB.

No, #c59cde is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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