#c59fce

Color #c59fce

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.15 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c59fce

RGB

rgb(197, 159, 206)

HSL

hsl(288.5, 32.4%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.5, 22.8%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(70.26, 22.34, -18.69)

LCH

lch(70.26, 29.13, 320.08)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0782, 319.77)

HWB

hwb(288.5, 62.4%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8ce9f

Analogous

#ae9fce

#c59fce

#ce9fc0

Triadic

#c59fce

#cec59f

#9fcec5

Split-complementary

#c59fce

#c0ce9f

#9fceae

Tetradic

#c59fce

#ce9fa8

#a8ce9f

#9fcec5

Square

#c59fce

#ceae9f

#a8ce9f

#9fc0ce

Shades

Color #c59fce mixed toward black.

#ad77b9

#9252a1

#6e3e79

#492951

#251528

Tints

Color #c59fce mixed toward white.

#cfafd6

#d8bfde

#e2cfe7

#ecdfef

#f5eff7

Tones

Color #c59fce mixed toward gray.

#c3a3ca

#c0a7c6

#beabc2

#bbafbe

#b9b3ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b5c4 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#b8bbc1 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#c3bcba · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c59fce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c59fce]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#c59fce (#c59fce) is rgb(197, 159, 206) in RGB.

No, #c59fce 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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