#cd79c3

Color #cd79c3

A moderately saturated light magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 15.19 Nearest Tailwind class pink-400 #fb64b6 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cd79c3

RGB

rgb(205, 121, 195)

HSL

hsl(307.1, 45.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.1, 41%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 41%, 4.9%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(62.17, 43.51, -24.82)

LCH

lch(62.17, 50.09, 330.3)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1406, 331.39)

HWB

hwb(307.1, 47.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79cd83

Analogous

#ad79cd

#cd79c3

#cd7999

Triadic

#cd79c3

#c3cd79

#79c3cd

Split-complementary

#cd79c3

#99cd79

#79cdad

Tetradic

#cd79c3

#cd8379

#79cd83

#79c3cd

Square

#cd79c3

#cdad79

#79cd83

#7999cd

Shades

Color #cd79c3 mixed toward black.

#be51b1

#9e3b93

#772c6e

#4f1d49

#280f25

Tints

Color #cd79c3 mixed toward white.

#d58fcd

#dea6d7

#e6bce1

#eed2eb

#f7e9f5

Tones

Color #cd79c3 mixed toward gray.

#c680be

#bf87b8

#b88eb3

#b195ae

#aa9ca8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afaeb5 · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#b3b9b1 · ΔE 34.6

Tritanopia

#caa8a5 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd79c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd79c3]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#cd79c3 (#cd79c3) is rgb(205, 121, 195) in RGB.

No, #cd79c3 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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