#cc9fe8

Color #cc9fe8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.01 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#cc9fe8

RGB

rgb(204, 159, 232)

HSL

hsl(277, 61.3%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 31.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 31.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(71.87, 29.84, -30.46)

LCH

lch(71.87, 42.64, 314.41)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.1123, 311.97)

HWB

hwb(277, 62.4%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbe89f

Analogous

#a89fe8

#cc9fe8

#e89fe0

Triadic

#cc9fe8

#e8cc9f

#9fe8cc

Split-complementary

#cc9fe8

#e0e89f

#9fe8a8

Tetradic

#cc9fe8

#e89fbb

#bbe89f

#9fe8cc

Square

#cc9fe8

#e8a89f

#bbe89f

#9fe0e8

Shades

Color #cc9fe8 mixed toward black.

#b06bdb

#9436cf

#70269e

#4b1969

#250d35

Tints

Color #cc9fe8 mixed toward white.

#d5afec

#ddbff0

#e6cff4

#eedff7

#f7effb

Tones

Color #cc9fe8 mixed toward gray.

#cba5e2

#c9abdc

#c8b1d6

#c6b7d0

#c5beca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babad9 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#bdc0d5 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#cacdca · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cc9fe8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cc9fe8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cc9fe8 (#cc9fe8) is rgb(204, 159, 232) in RGB.

No, #cc9fe8 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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