#c77ae4

Color #c77ae4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 10.87 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c77ae4

RGB

rgb(199, 122, 228)

HSL

hsl(283.6, 66.3%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.6, 46.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 46.5%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(63.06, 47.5, -41.98)

LCH

lch(63.06, 63.39, 318.53)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.1682, 316.2)

HWB

hwb(283.6, 47.8%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97e47a

Analogous

#927ae4

#c77ae4

#e47acc

Triadic

#c77ae4

#e4c77a

#7ae4c7

Split-complementary

#c77ae4

#cce47a

#7ae492

Tetradic

#c77ae4

#e47a97

#97e47a

#7ae4c7

Square

#c77ae4

#e4927a

#97e47a

#7acce4

Shades

Color #c77ae4 mixed toward black.

#b349da

#9827c2

#721d91

#4c1461

#260a30

Tints

Color #c77ae4 mixed toward white.

#d090e9

#daa6ed

#e3bcf2

#ecd3f6

#f6e9fb

Tones

Color #c77ae4 mixed toward gray.

#c383db

#bf8cd2

#bb94c9

#b79dc1

#b3a6b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd1 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#afb4cc · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#c4c0bb · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c77ae4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c77ae4]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c77ae4 (#c77ae4) is rgb(199, 122, 228) in RGB.

No, #c77ae4 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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