#c9a7dc

Color #c9a7dc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.5 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c9a7dc

RGB

rgb(201, 167, 220)

HSL

hsl(278.5, 43.1%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.5, 24.1%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(73.04, 22.04, -22.13)

LCH

lch(73.04, 31.23, 314.88)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0826, 313.28)

HWB

hwb(278.5, 65.5%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#badca7

Analogous

#afa7dc

#c9a7dc

#dca7d5

Triadic

#c9a7dc

#dcc9a7

#a7dcc9

Split-complementary

#c9a7dc

#d5dca7

#a7dcaf

Tetradic

#c9a7dc

#dca7ba

#badca7

#a7dcc9

Square

#c9a7dc

#dcafa7

#badca7

#a7d5dc

Shades

Color #c9a7dc mixed toward black.

#ad79ca

#904bb7

#6d378a

#48255c

#24122e

Tints

Color #c9a7dc mixed toward white.

#d2b6e2

#dbc4e8

#e4d3ee

#ede2f3

#f6f0f9

Tones

Color #c9a7dc mixed toward gray.

#c8abd8

#c7b0d3

#c5b4cf

#c4b9ca

#c3bdc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbd1 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#bdc0ce · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#c7c7c5 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9a7dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9a7dc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c9a7dc (#c9a7dc) is rgb(201, 167, 220) in RGB.

No, #c9a7dc 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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