#cc51ea

Color #cc51ea

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 13.35 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#cc51ea

RGB

rgb(204, 81, 234)

HSL

hsl(288.2, 78.5%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.2, 65.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(56.75, 69.36, -55.3)

LCH

lch(56.75, 88.71, 321.44)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.2366, 319.16)

HWB

hwb(288.2, 31.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6fea51

Analogous

#8051ea

#cc51ea

#ea51bc

Triadic

#cc51ea

#eacc51

#51eacc

Split-complementary

#cc51ea

#bcea51

#51ea80

Tetradic

#cc51ea

#ea516f

#6fea51

#51eacc

Square

#cc51ea

#ea8051

#6fea51

#51bcea

Shades

Color #cc51ea mixed toward black.

#be22e4

#9b17bc

#74118d

#4e0b5e

#27062f

Tints

Color #cc51ea mixed toward white.

#d46eee

#dd8bf1

#e5a8f5

#eec5f8

#f6e2fc

Tones

Color #cc51ea mixed toward gray.

#c45edd

#bd6bd1

#b577c4

#ad84b7

#a591aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4d2 · ΔE 23.3

Deuteranopia

#abb2cc · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#c8bcb7 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cc51ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cc51ea]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#cc51ea (#cc51ea) is rgb(204, 81, 234) in RGB.

No, #cc51ea 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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