#c87af9

Color #c87af9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 13.35 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c87af9

RGB

rgb(200, 122, 249)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 91.4%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 51%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 51%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(64.19, 52.17, -51.81)

LCH

lch(64.19, 73.53, 315.2)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.1914, 310.78)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 47.8%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abf97a

Analogous

#887af9

#c87af9

#f97aea

Triadic

#c87af9

#f9c87a

#7af9c8

Split-complementary

#c87af9

#eaf97a

#7af988

Tetradic

#c87af9

#f97aab

#abf97a

#7af9c8

Square

#c87af9

#f9887a

#abf97a

#7aeaf9

Shades

Color #c87af9 mixed toward black.

#b03ff6

#960bed

#7008b1

#4b0576

#25033b

Tints

Color #c87af9 mixed toward white.

#d190fa

#daa6fb

#e4bcfc

#edd3fd

#f6e9fe

Tones

Color #c87af9 mixed toward gray.

#c684ee

#c38fe4

#c19ad9

#bea4cf

#bcafc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acabe3 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#b0b5dd · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#c5cfca · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c87af9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c87af9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c87af9 (#c87af9) is rgb(200, 122, 249) in RGB.

No, #c87af9 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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