#cb48ff

Color #cb48ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 17.36 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cb48ff

RGB

rgb(203, 72, 255)

HSL

hsl(283, 100%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283, 71.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(56.64, 76.59, -67.18)

LCH

lch(56.64, 101.88, 318.74)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.265, 314.36)

HWB

hwb(283, 28.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7cff48

Analogous

#7048ff

#cb48ff

#ff48d7

Triadic

#cb48ff

#ffcb48

#48ffcb

Split-complementary

#cb48ff

#d7ff48

#48ff70

Tetradic

#cb48ff

#ff487c

#7cff48

#48ffcb

Square

#cb48ff

#ff7048

#7cff48

#48d7ff

Shades

Color #cb48ff mixed toward black.

#bc11ff

#9c00da

#7500a3

#4e006d

#270036

Tints

Color #cb48ff mixed toward white.

#d466ff

#dc85ff

#e5a3ff

#eec2ff

#f6e0ff

Tones

Color #cb48ff mixed toward gray.

#c557f0

#be66e0

#b776d1

#b185c2

#aa94b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a2e4 · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#a9b1dd · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#c7cbc5 · ΔE 42.9

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 31

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cb48ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb48ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cb48ff (#cb48ff) is rgb(203, 72, 255) in RGB.

No, #cb48ff 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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