#ca85ef

Color #ca85ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 13.64 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ca85ef

RGB

rgb(202, 133, 239)

HSL

hsl(279.1, 76.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.1, 44.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 44.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(66.19, 44.81, -43.15)

LCH

lch(66.19, 62.21, 316.08)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.1635, 312.89)

HWB

hwb(279.1, 52.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaef85

Analogous

#9585ef

#ca85ef

#ef85df

Triadic

#ca85ef

#efca85

#85efca

Split-complementary

#ca85ef

#dfef85

#85ef95

Tetradic

#ca85ef

#ef85aa

#aaef85

#85efca

Square

#ca85ef

#ef9585

#aaef85

#85dfef

Shades

Color #ca85ef mixed toward black.

#b24ee8

#991ddb

#7316a4

#4c0e6e

#260737

Tints

Color #ca85ef mixed toward white.

#d399f2

#dcaef4

#e4c2f7

#edd6fa

#f6ebfc

Tones

Color #ca85ef mixed toward gray.

#c78ee6

#c597dd

#c29fd4

#bfa8cc

#bdb1c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0db · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#b4b9d6 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#c7cac6 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 26.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca85ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca85ef]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ca85ef (#ca85ef) is rgb(202, 133, 239) in RGB.

No, #ca85ef 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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