#cd40ff

Color #cd40ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 16.86 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cd40ff

RGB

rgb(205, 64, 255)

HSL

hsl(284.3, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.3, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(55.96, 79.71, -68.26)

LCH

lch(55.96, 104.94, 319.42)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.2738, 315.3)

HWB

hwb(284.3, 25.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72ff40

Analogous

#6d40ff

#cd40ff

#ff40d1

Triadic

#cd40ff

#ffcd40

#40ffcd

Split-complementary

#cd40ff

#d1ff40

#40ff6d

Tetradic

#cd40ff

#ff4072

#72ff40

#40ffcd

Square

#cd40ff

#ff6d40

#72ff40

#40d1ff

Shades

Color #cd40ff mixed toward black.

#bf0bff

#9d00d5

#76009f

#4e006a

#270035

Tints

Color #cd40ff mixed toward white.

#d560ff

#de80ff

#e69fff

#eebfff

#f7dfff

Tones

Color #cd40ff mixed toward gray.

#c550ef

#be60df

#b670cf

#af80bf

#a78faf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a2e3 · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#aab2dc · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#c9cac4 · ΔE 42.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 31.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd40ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd40ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cd40ff (#cd40ff) is rgb(205, 64, 255) in RGB.

No, #cd40ff 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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