#ca9be3

Color #ca9be3

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.53 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ca9be3

RGB

rgb(202, 155, 227)

HSL

hsl(279.2, 56.2%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.2, 31.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(70.56, 30.38, -29.75)

LCH

lch(70.56, 42.52, 315.6)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.1124, 313.52)

HWB

hwb(279.2, 60.8%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4e39b

Analogous

#a69be3

#ca9be3

#e39bd8

Triadic

#ca9be3

#e3ca9b

#9be3ca

Split-complementary

#ca9be3

#d8e39b

#9be3a6

Tetradic

#ca9be3

#e39bb4

#b4e39b

#9be3ca

Square

#ca9be3

#e3a69b

#b4e39b

#9bd8e3

Shades

Color #ca9be3 mixed toward black.

#b069d5

#9538c7

#702a95

#4b1c63

#250e32

Tints

Color #ca9be3 mixed toward white.

#d3ace8

#dcbcec

#e5cdf1

#eddef6

#f6eefa

Tones

Color #ca9be3 mixed toward gray.

#c8a1dd

#c6a7d7

#c5add1

#c3b3cb

#c1b9c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b7d4 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#babdd1 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#c8c8c5 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ca9be3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca9be3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ca9be3 (#ca9be3) is rgb(202, 155, 227) in RGB.

No, #ca9be3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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