#c791e5

Color #c791e5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.1 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#c791e5

RGB

rgb(199, 145, 229)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 61.8%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 36.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 36.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(68.06, 35.35, -34.74)

LCH

lch(68.06, 49.56, 315.5)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.1306, 312.89)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 56.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afe591

Analogous

#9d91e5

#c791e5

#e591d9

Triadic

#c791e5

#e5c791

#91e5c7

Split-complementary

#c791e5

#d9e591

#91e59d

Tetradic

#c791e5

#e591af

#afe591

#91e5c7

Square

#c791e5

#e59d91

#afe591

#91d9e5

Shades

Color #c791e5 mixed toward black.

#ad5ed9

#9330ca

#6e2497

#491865

#250c32

Tints

Color #c791e5 mixed toward white.

#d0a3e9

#dab6ee

#e3c8f2

#ecdaf6

#f6edfb

Tones

Color #c791e5 mixed toward gray.

#c598de

#c39fd7

#c1a6d0

#bfadc9

#bdb4c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2d5 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#b5b9d0 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#c5c6c3 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c791e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c791e5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c791e5 (#c791e5) is rgb(199, 145, 229) in RGB.

No, #c791e5 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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