#cb56ff

Color #cb56ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 16.8 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cb56ff

RGB

rgb(203, 86, 255)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(58.58, 71.12, -64.05)

LCH

lch(58.58, 95.71, 317.99)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.249, 313.57)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 33.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aff56

Analogous

#7756ff

#cb56ff

#ff56df

Triadic

#cb56ff

#ffcb56

#56ffcb

Split-complementary

#cb56ff

#dfff56

#56ff77

Tetradic

#cb56ff

#ff568a

#8aff56

#56ffcb

Square

#cb56ff

#ff7756

#8aff56

#56dfff

Shades

Color #cb56ff mixed toward black.

#b91dff

#9d00e3

#7600ab

#4f0072

#270039

Tints

Color #cb56ff mixed toward white.

#d472ff

#dc8eff

#e5abff

#eec7ff

#f6e3ff

Tones

Color #cb56ff mixed toward gray.

#c664f1

#c072e3

#bb80d5

#b58ec7

#b09db9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a5e5 · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#abb2de · ΔE 25

Tritanopia

#c7cdc7 · ΔE 37.3

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 30.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cb56ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb56ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cb56ff (#cb56ff) is rgb(203, 86, 255) in RGB.

No, #cb56ff 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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