#c990ea

Color #c990ea

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.81 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c990ea

RGB

rgb(201, 144, 234)

HSL

hsl(278, 68.2%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 38.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 38.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(68.25, 37.55, -37.19)

LCH

lch(68.25, 52.85, 315.28)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.139, 312.38)

HWB

hwb(278, 56.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1ea90

Analogous

#9c90ea

#c990ea

#ea90de

Triadic

#c990ea

#eac990

#90eac9

Split-complementary

#c990ea

#deea90

#90ea9c

Tetradic

#c990ea

#ea90b1

#b1ea90

#90eac9

Square

#c990ea

#ea9c90

#b1ea90

#90deea

Shades

Color #c990ea mixed toward black.

#af5be0

#9528d4

#701e9f

#4a146a

#250a35

Tints

Color #c990ea mixed toward white.

#d2a2ed

#dbb5f1

#e4c7f4

#eddaf8

#f6ecfb

Tones

Color #c990ea mixed toward gray.

#c797e2

#c59fdb

#c3a6d3

#c1aecc

#bfb5c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3d9 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#b6bad4 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#c7c9c6 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c990ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c990ea]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c990ea (#c990ea) is rgb(201, 144, 234) in RGB.

No, #c990ea 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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