#c7a5dd

Color #c7a5dd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.02 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c7a5dd

RGB

rgb(199, 165, 221)

HSL

hsl(276.4, 45.2%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.4, 25.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(72.41, 22.7, -23.65)

LCH

lch(72.41, 32.78, 313.83)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0864, 311.81)

HWB

hwb(276.4, 64.7%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbdda5

Analogous

#aba5dd

#c7a5dd

#dda5d7

Triadic

#c7a5dd

#ddc7a5

#a5ddc7

Split-complementary

#c7a5dd

#d7dda5

#a5ddab

Tetradic

#c7a5dd

#dda5bb

#bbdda5

#a5ddc7

Square

#c7a5dd

#ddaba5

#bbdda5

#a5d7dd

Shades

Color #c7a5dd mixed toward black.

#aa76cb

#8d48ba

#6a358c

#47235d

#23122f

Tints

Color #c7a5dd mixed toward white.

#d0b4e3

#dac3e8

#e3d2ee

#ece1f4

#f6f0f9

Tones

Color #c7a5dd mixed toward gray.

#c6aad8

#c5aed4

#c4b3cf

#c3b8ca

#c2bcc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9d1 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#bbbece · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#c5c7c5 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c7a5dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c7a5dd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c7a5dd (#c7a5dd) is rgb(199, 165, 221) in RGB.

No, #c7a5dd 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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