#ca97dc

Color #ca97dc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 7.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ca97dc

RGB

rgb(202, 151, 220)

HSL

hsl(284.3, 49.6%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.3, 31.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(69.37, 31.14, -27.73)

LCH

lch(69.37, 41.7, 318.32)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.1112, 317.04)

HWB

hwb(284.3, 59.2%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9dc97

Analogous

#a797dc

#ca97dc

#dc97cb

Triadic

#ca97dc

#dcca97

#97dcca

Split-complementary

#ca97dc

#cbdc97

#97dca7

Tetradic

#ca97dc

#dc97a9

#a9dc97

#97dcca

Square

#ca97dc

#dca797

#a9dc97

#97cbdc

Shades

Color #ca97dc mixed toward black.

#b269cc

#993eb9

#732f8b

#4c1f5c

#26102e

Tints

Color #ca97dc mixed toward white.

#d3a8e2

#dcbae8

#e4cbed

#eddcf3

#f6eef9

Tones

Color #ca97dc mixed toward gray.

#c79dd6

#c4a2d0

#c2a8cb

#bfaec5

#bcb4bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6ce · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#b9bdca · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#c8c2bf · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ca97dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca97dc]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ca97dc (#ca97dc) is rgb(202, 151, 220) in RGB.

No, #ca97dc 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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