#c659ff

Color #c659ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 16.03 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c659ff

RGB

rgb(198, 89, 255)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 100%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 65.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(58.39, 68.79, -64.39)

LCH

lch(58.39, 94.22, 316.89)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.2436, 311.81)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 34.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92ff59

Analogous

#7359ff

#c659ff

#ff59e5

Triadic

#c659ff

#ffc659

#59ffc6

Split-complementary

#c659ff

#e5ff59

#59ff73

Tetradic

#c659ff

#ff5992

#92ff59

#59ffc6

Square

#c659ff

#ff7359

#92ff59

#59e5ff

Shades

Color #c659ff mixed toward black.

#b220ff

#9700e6

#7100ac

#4b0073

#260039

Tints

Color #c659ff mixed toward white.

#d075ff

#d991ff

#e3acff

#ecc8ff

#f6e3ff

Tones

Color #c659ff mixed toward gray.

#c267f1

#bd75e3

#b983d6

#b591c8

#b09eba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2e5 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#a8aede · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#c2cdc7 · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 30.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c659ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c659ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c659ff (#c659ff) is rgb(198, 89, 255) in RGB.

No, #c659ff 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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