#cca1e8

Color #cca1e8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.69 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cca1e8

RGB

rgb(204, 161, 232)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 60.7%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 30.6%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(72.33, 28.75, -29.74)

LCH

lch(72.33, 41.36, 314.03)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.1089, 311.54)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 63.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bde8a1

Analogous

#a9a1e8

#cca1e8

#e8a1e1

Triadic

#cca1e8

#e8cca1

#a1e8cc

Split-complementary

#cca1e8

#e1e8a1

#a1e8a9

Tetradic

#cca1e8

#e8a1bd

#bde8a1

#a1e8cc

Square

#cca1e8

#e8a9a1

#bde8a1

#a1e1e8

Shades

Color #cca1e8 mixed toward black.

#af6ddb

#9338ce

#6f279e

#4a1a69

#250d35

Tints

Color #cca1e8 mixed toward white.

#d5b1ec

#ddc0f0

#e6d0f4

#eee0f7

#f7effb

Tones

Color #cca1e8 mixed toward gray.

#cba7e2

#caaddc

#c8b3d6

#c7b9d0

#c6bfcb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbda · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#bdc0d6 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#cacdca · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cca1e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cca1e8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cca1e8 (#cca1e8) is rgb(204, 161, 232) in RGB.

No, #cca1e8 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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