#cc8af3

Color #cc8af3

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 14.4 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#cc8af3

RGB

rgb(204, 138, 243)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 81.4%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 43.2%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 43.2%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(67.64, 43.55, -43.05)

LCH

lch(67.64, 61.24, 315.33)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.1606, 311.92)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 54.1%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1f38a

Analogous

#978af3

#cc8af3

#f38ae6

Triadic

#cc8af3

#f3cc8a

#8af3cc

Split-complementary

#cc8af3

#e6f38a

#8af397

Tetradic

#cc8af3

#f38ab1

#b1f38a

#8af3cc

Square

#cc8af3

#f3978a

#b1f38a

#8ae6f3

Shades

Color #cc8af3 mixed toward black.

#b350ed

#9a18e6

#7312ad

#4d0c73

#26063a

Tints

Color #cc8af3 mixed toward white.

#d49df5

#ddb1f7

#e5c4f9

#eed8fb

#f6ebfd

Tones

Color #cc8af3 mixed toward gray.

#ca93ea

#c79be1

#c5a4d9

#c3add0

#c1b6c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3df · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#b7bbda · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#c9ceca · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 26

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cc8af3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cc8af3]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cc8af3 (#cc8af3) is rgb(204, 138, 243) in RGB.

No, #cc8af3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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