#ca9bed

Color #ca9bed

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ca9bed

RGB

rgb(202, 155, 237)

HSL

hsl(274.4, 69.5%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.4, 34.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(70.95, 32.48, -34.62)

LCH

lch(70.95, 47.47, 313.17)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.1244, 309.91)

HWB

hwb(274.4, 60.8%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beed9b

Analogous

#a19bed

#ca9bed

#ed9be7

Triadic

#ca9bed

#edca9b

#9bedca

Split-complementary

#ca9bed

#e7ed9b

#9beda1

Tetradic

#ca9bed

#ed9bbe

#beed9b

#9bedca

Square

#ca9bed

#eda19b

#beed9b

#9be7ed

Shades

Color #ca9bed mixed toward black.

#ad64e3

#8f2cd9

#6c1ea6

#48146f

#240a37

Tints

Color #ca9bed mixed toward white.

#d3acf0

#dcbcf3

#e5cdf6

#eddef9

#f6eefc

Tones

Color #ca9bed mixed toward gray.

#c9a2e6

#c8a9df

#c7b0d9

#c6b6d2

#c5bdcb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b7dd · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#babdd9 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#c8cfcb · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ca9bed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca9bed]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ca9bed (#ca9bed) is rgb(202, 155, 237) in RGB.

No, #ca9bed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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