#ca9ee5

Color #ca9ee5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.63 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ca9ee5

RGB

rgb(202, 158, 229)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 57.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 31%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(71.33, 29.15, -29.66)

LCH

lch(71.33, 41.59, 314.5)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.1096, 312.12)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 62%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9e59e

Analogous

#a79ee5

#ca9ee5

#e59edc

Triadic

#ca9ee5

#e5ca9e

#9ee5ca

Split-complementary

#ca9ee5

#dce59e

#9ee5a7

Tetradic

#ca9ee5

#e59eb9

#b9e59e

#9ee5ca

Square

#ca9ee5

#e5a79e

#b9e59e

#9edce5

Shades

Color #ca9ee5 mixed toward black.

#ae6bd7

#9238ca

#6e2999

#491b66

#250e33

Tints

Color #ca9ee5 mixed toward white.

#d3aee9

#dcbeee

#e5cff2

#eddff6

#f6effb

Tones

Color #ca9ee5 mixed toward gray.

#c9a4df

#c7aad9

#c6b0d3

#c4b6cd

#c3bcc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b8d7 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#bbbed3 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#c8cac7 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ca9ee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca9ee5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ca9ee5 (#ca9ee5) is rgb(202, 158, 229) in RGB.

No, #ca9ee5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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