#c699dc

Color #c699dc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 7.85 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c699dc

RGB

rgb(198, 153, 220)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 48.9%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 30.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(69.44, 28.78, -27.66)

LCH

lch(69.44, 39.92, 316.14)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.1057, 314.35)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 60%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afdc99

Analogous

#a499dc

#c699dc

#dc99d0

Triadic

#c699dc

#dcc699

#99dcc6

Split-complementary

#c699dc

#d0dc99

#99dca4

Tetradic

#c699dc

#dc99af

#afdc99

#99dcc6

Square

#c699dc

#dca499

#afdc99

#99d0dc

Shades

Color #c699dc mixed toward black.

#ac6bcc

#9140b9

#6d308b

#49205d

#24102e

Tints

Color #c699dc mixed toward white.

#cfaae2

#d9bbe8

#e2cced

#ecddf3

#f5eef9

Tones

Color #c699dc mixed toward gray.

#c49ed6

#c2a4d1

#c0aacb

#beafc6

#bcb5c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4ce · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#b7bacb · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#c4c3c0 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c699dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c699dc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c699dc (#c699dc) is rgb(198, 153, 220) in RGB.

No, #c699dc 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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