#cb53ff

Color #cb53ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cb53ff

RGB

rgb(203, 83, 255)

HSL

hsl(281.9, 100%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.9, 67.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(58.14, 72.35, -64.76)

LCH

lch(58.14, 97.1, 318.17)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.2526, 313.75)

HWB

hwb(281.9, 32.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87ff53

Analogous

#7553ff

#cb53ff

#ff53dd

Triadic

#cb53ff

#ffcb53

#53ffcb

Split-complementary

#cb53ff

#ddff53

#53ff75

Tetradic

#cb53ff

#ff5387

#87ff53

#53ffcb

Square

#cb53ff

#ff7553

#87ff53

#53ddff

Shades

Color #cb53ff mixed toward black.

#ba1bff

#9d00e1

#7600a9

#4f0071

#270038

Tints

Color #cb53ff mixed toward white.

#d470ff

#dc8cff

#e5a9ff

#eec6ff

#f6e2ff

Tones

Color #cb53ff mixed toward gray.

#c561f1

#c070e2

#ba7ed4

#b48cc6

#af9bb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4e4 · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#abb2dd · ΔE 25.4

Tritanopia

#c7ccc6 · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 30.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cb53ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb53ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cb53ff (#cb53ff) is rgb(203, 83, 255) in RGB.

No, #cb53ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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