#c798e2

Color #c798e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.76 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c798e2

RGB

rgb(199, 152, 226)

HSL

hsl(278.1, 56.1%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.1, 32.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.53, 30.89, -30.81)

LCH

lch(69.53, 43.63, 315.07)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.115, 312.71)

HWB

hwb(278.1, 59.6%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3e298

Analogous

#a298e2

#c798e2

#e298d8

Triadic

#c798e2

#e2c798

#98e2c7

Split-complementary

#c798e2

#d8e298

#98e2a2

Tetradic

#c798e2

#e298b3

#b3e298

#98e2c7

Square

#c798e2

#e2a298

#b3e298

#98d8e2

Shades

Color #c798e2 mixed toward black.

#ac67d4

#9137c5

#6d2993

#491c62

#240e31

Tints

Color #c798e2 mixed toward white.

#d0a9e7

#dabaec

#e3cbf1

#ecddf5

#f6eefa

Tones

Color #c798e2 mixed toward gray.

#c59edc

#c4a4d6

#c2aacf

#c0b1c9

#bfb7c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b4d3 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#b7bbcf · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#c5c6c3 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c798e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c798e2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c798e2 (#c798e2) is rgb(199, 152, 226) in RGB.

No, #c798e2 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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