#cd35ff

Color #cd35ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 16.64 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#cd35ff

RGB

rgb(205, 53, 255)

HSL

hsl(285.1, 100%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.1, 79.2%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 79.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(54.81, 83.02, -70.11)

LCH

lch(54.81, 108.66, 319.82)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.2834, 315.71)

HWB

hwb(285.1, 20.8%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67ff35

Analogous

#6835ff

#cd35ff

#ff35cc

Triadic

#cd35ff

#ffcd35

#35ffcd

Split-complementary

#cd35ff

#ccff35

#35ff68

Tetradic

#cd35ff

#ff3567

#67ff35

#35ffcd

Square

#cd35ff

#ff6835

#67ff35

#35ccff

Shades

Color #cd35ff mixed toward black.

#c002ff

#9a00cd

#74009a

#4d0067

#270033

Tints

Color #cd35ff mixed toward white.

#d557ff

#de78ff

#e69aff

#eebcff

#f7ddff

Tones

Color #cd35ff mixed toward gray.

#c446ee

#bc57dd

#b368cd

#ab78bc

#a289ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a1e3 · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#a9b1db · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#c9c9c2 · ΔE 43.3

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 31.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd35ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd35ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#cd35ff (#cd35ff) is rgb(205, 53, 255) in RGB.

No, #cd35ff 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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