#c89cd9

Color #c89cd9

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 6.83 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c89cd9

RGB

rgb(200, 156, 217)

HSL

hsl(283.3, 44.5%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.3, 28.1%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(70.22, 27.16, -24.79)

LCH

lch(70.22, 36.77, 317.61)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0979, 316.41)

HWB

hwb(283.3, 61.2%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#add99c

Analogous

#a99cd9

#c89cd9

#d99ccb

Triadic

#c89cd9

#d9c89c

#9cd9c8

Split-complementary

#c89cd9

#cbd99c

#9cd9a9

Tetradic

#c89cd9

#d99cad

#add99c

#9cd9c8

Square

#c89cd9

#d9a99c

#add99c

#9ccbd9

Shades

Color #c89cd9 mixed toward black.

#af6fc8

#9545b4

#703487

#4a225a

#25112d

Tints

Color #c89cd9 mixed toward white.

#d1acdf

#dabde6

#e3cdec

#eddef2

#f6eef9

Tones

Color #c89cd9 mixed toward gray.

#c6a1d4

#c3a6cf

#c1abca

#bfb0c5

#bdb5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b6cc · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#b9bcc9 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#c6c2bf · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c89cd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c89cd9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c89cd9 (#c89cd9) is rgb(200, 156, 217) in RGB.

No, #c89cd9 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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