#cb9de7

Color #cb9de7

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.34 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cb9de7

RGB

rgb(203, 157, 231)

HSL

hsl(277.3, 60.7%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.3, 32%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 32%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(71.27, 30.42, -30.84)

LCH

lch(71.27, 43.32, 314.61)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.1141, 312.16)

HWB

hwb(277.3, 61.6%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9e79d

Analogous

#a69de7

#cb9de7

#e79dde

Triadic

#cb9de7

#e7cb9d

#9de7cb

Split-complementary

#cb9de7

#dee79d

#9de7a6

Tetradic

#cb9de7

#e79db9

#b9e79d

#9de7cb

Square

#cb9de7

#e7a69d

#b9e79d

#9ddee7

Shades

Color #cb9de7 mixed toward black.

#af69da

#9435ce

#6f269c

#4a1968

#250d34

Tints

Color #cb9de7 mixed toward white.

#d4adeb

#dcbeef

#e5cef3

#eedef7

#f6effb

Tones

Color #cb9de7 mixed toward gray.

#caa3e1

#c8a9db

#c7b0d5

#c5b6ce

#c4bcc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9d8 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#bbbfd4 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#c9cbc8 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cb9de7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb9de7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cb9de7 (#cb9de7) is rgb(203, 157, 231) in RGB.

No, #cb9de7 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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