#c7a1ec

Color #c7a1ec

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.45 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c7a1ec

RGB

rgb(199, 161, 236)

HSL

hsl(270.4, 66.4%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.4, 31.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(72.02, 28.06, -32.44)

LCH

lch(72.02, 42.89, 310.86)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.1119, 307.12)

HWB

hwb(270.4, 63.1%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6eca1

Analogous

#a1a1ec

#c7a1ec

#eca1eb

Triadic

#c7a1ec

#ecc7a1

#a1ecc7

Split-complementary

#c7a1ec

#ebeca1

#a1eca1

Tetradic

#c7a1ec

#eca1c6

#c6eca1

#a1ecc7

Square

#c7a1ec

#eca1a1

#c6eca1

#a1ebec

Shades

Color #c7a1ec mixed toward black.

#a66ae1

#8533d6

#6421a5

#43166e

#210b37

Tints

Color #c7a1ec mixed toward white.

#d0b1ef

#dac0f2

#e3d0f5

#ece0f9

#f6effc

Tones

Color #c7a1ec mixed toward gray.

#c7a7e6

#c7addf

#c7b4d9

#c7bad3

#c6c0cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b7dd · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#babdd9 · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#c5d0cd · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c7a1ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c7a1ec]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#c7a1ec (#c7a1ec) is rgb(199, 161, 236) in RGB.

No, #c7a1ec 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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