#c9a4dc

Color #c9a4dc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c9a4dc

RGB

rgb(201, 164, 220)

HSL

hsl(279.6, 44.4%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.6, 25.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(72.32, 23.69, -23.22)

LCH

lch(72.32, 33.17, 315.57)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0878, 313.99)

HWB

hwb(279.6, 64.3%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7dca4

Analogous

#ada4dc

#c9a4dc

#dca4d3

Triadic

#c9a4dc

#dcc9a4

#a4dcc9

Split-complementary

#c9a4dc

#d3dca4

#a4dcad

Tetradic

#c9a4dc

#dca4b7

#b7dca4

#a4dcc9

Square

#c9a4dc

#dcada4

#b7dca4

#a4d3dc

Shades

Color #c9a4dc mixed toward black.

#ae76ca

#9248b8

#6e358b

#49245c

#25122e

Tints

Color #c9a4dc mixed toward white.

#d2b3e2

#dbc2e8

#e4d2ed

#ede1f3

#f6f0f9

Tones

Color #c9a4dc mixed toward gray.

#c7a9d7

#c6add3

#c4b2ce

#c3b7c9

#c2bbc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babad0 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#bcbfcd · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#c7c6c4 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9a4dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9a4dc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c9a4dc (#c9a4dc) is rgb(201, 164, 220) in RGB.

No, #c9a4dc 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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