#cc9fe6

Color #cc9fe6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cc9fe6

RGB

rgb(204, 159, 230)

HSL

hsl(278, 58.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278, 30.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 30.9%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(71.79, 29.43, -29.48)

LCH

lch(71.79, 41.66, 314.95)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.1099, 312.75)

HWB

hwb(278, 62.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9e69f

Analogous

#a99fe6

#cc9fe6

#e69fdd

Triadic

#cc9fe6

#e6cc9f

#9fe6cc

Split-complementary

#cc9fe6

#dde69f

#9fe6a9

Tetradic

#cc9fe6

#e69fb9

#b9e69f

#9fe6cc

Square

#cc9fe6

#e6a99f

#b9e69f

#9fdde6

Shades

Color #cc9fe6 mixed toward black.

#b16cd9

#9538cb

#71289a

#4b1b67

#260d33

Tints

Color #cc9fe6 mixed toward white.

#d5afea

#ddbfee

#e6cff3

#eedff7

#f7effb

Tones

Color #cc9fe6 mixed toward gray.

#caa5e0

#c9abda

#c7b1d4

#c6b7ce

#c4bdc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babad8 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#bdc0d4 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#cacbc8 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cc9fe6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cc9fe6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cc9fe6 (#cc9fe6) is rgb(204, 159, 230) in RGB.

No, #cc9fe6 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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