#c699ea

Color #c699ea

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.98 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c699ea

RGB

rgb(198, 153, 234)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 65.9%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 34.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(69.99, 31.73, -34.5)

LCH

lch(69.99, 46.87, 312.61)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1226, 309.14)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 60%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdea99

Analogous

#9e99ea

#c699ea

#ea99e6

Triadic

#c699ea

#eac699

#99eac6

Split-complementary

#c699ea

#e6ea99

#99ea9e

Tetradic

#c699ea

#ea99bd

#bdea99

#99eac6

Square

#c699ea

#ea9e99

#bdea99

#99e6ea

Shades

Color #c699ea mixed toward black.

#a864df

#8a2ed4

#6821a1

#45166b

#230b36

Tints

Color #c699ea mixed toward white.

#cfaaee

#d9bbf1

#e2ccf5

#ecddf8

#f5eefc

Tones

Color #c699ea mixed toward gray.

#c5a0e3

#c5a7dd

#c4add6

#c3b4cf

#c2bbc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4da · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#b7bad6 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#c4ccc9 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c699ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c699ea]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#c699ea (#c699ea) is rgb(198, 153, 234) in RGB.

No, #c699ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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