#cd81fa

Color #cd81fa

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 14.29 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#cd81fa

RGB

rgb(205, 129, 250)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 92.4%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 48.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 48.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(66.2, 50.07, -49.15)

LCH

lch(66.2, 70.16, 315.53)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1833, 311.64)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 50.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aefa81

Analogous

#9081fa

#cd81fa

#fa81ea

Triadic

#cd81fa

#facd81

#81facd

Split-complementary

#cd81fa

#eafa81

#81fa90

Tetradic

#cd81fa

#fa81ae

#aefa81

#81facd

Square

#cd81fa

#fa9081

#aefa81

#81eafa

Shades

Color #cd81fa mixed toward black.

#b544f8

#9c0af3

#7507b6

#4e057a

#27023d

Tints

Color #cd81fa mixed toward white.

#d596fb

#deabfc

#e6c0fd

#eed5fd

#f7eafe

Tones

Color #cd81fa mixed toward gray.

#ca8bf0

#c895e6

#c59fdc

#c3a9d2

#c0b3c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1e4 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#b5badf · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#cad1cc · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 27.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd81fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd81fa]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cd81fa (#cd81fa) is rgb(205, 129, 250) in RGB.

No, #cd81fa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #cd81fa, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast