#cd85fa

Color #cd85fa

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 14.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cd85fa

RGB

rgb(205, 133, 250)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 92.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 46.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 46.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(67.02, 47.97, -47.86)

LCH

lch(67.02, 67.76, 315.07)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.177, 311.13)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 52.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2fa85

Analogous

#9285fa

#cd85fa

#fa85ed

Triadic

#cd85fa

#facd85

#85facd

Split-complementary

#cd85fa

#edfa85

#85fa92

Tetradic

#cd85fa

#fa85b2

#b2fa85

#85facd

Square

#cd85fa

#fa9285

#b2fa85

#85edfa

Shades

Color #cd85fa mixed toward black.

#b448f7

#9b0af5

#7408b8

#4d057b

#27033d

Tints

Color #cd85fa mixed toward white.

#d599fb

#deaefc

#e6c2fc

#eed6fd

#f7ebfe

Tones

Color #cd85fa mixed toward gray.

#cb8ff0

#c899e6

#c6a2dd

#c4acd3

#c2b6c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2e5 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#b6bbdf · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#cad2cd · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 27

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd85fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd85fa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cd85fa (#cd85fa) is rgb(205, 133, 250) in RGB.

No, #cd85fa 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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