#cd48ff

Color #cd48ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 17.72 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cd48ff

RGB

rgb(205, 72, 255)

HSL

hsl(283.6, 100%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.6, 71.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(56.91, 76.97, -66.72)

LCH

lch(56.91, 101.86, 319.08)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.2657, 314.94)

HWB

hwb(283.6, 28.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7aff48

Analogous

#7148ff

#cd48ff

#ff48d5

Triadic

#cd48ff

#ffcd48

#48ffcd

Split-complementary

#cd48ff

#d5ff48

#48ff71

Tetradic

#cd48ff

#ff487a

#7aff48

#48ffcd

Square

#cd48ff

#ff7148

#7aff48

#48d5ff

Shades

Color #cd48ff mixed toward black.

#be11ff

#9e00da

#7700a3

#4f006d

#280036

Tints

Color #cd48ff mixed toward white.

#d566ff

#de85ff

#e6a3ff

#eec2ff

#f7e0ff

Tones

Color #cd48ff mixed toward gray.

#c657f0

#bf66e0

#b876d1

#b185c2

#aa94b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4e4 · ΔE 23

Deuteranopia

#abb2dd · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#c9cbc5 · ΔE 42

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 31

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd48ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd48ff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cd48ff (#cd48ff) is rgb(205, 72, 255) in RGB.

No, #cd48ff 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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