#cd87f9

Color #cd87f9

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 14.04 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#cd87f9

RGB

rgb(205, 135, 249)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 90.5%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 45.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 45.8%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(67.39, 46.7, -46.73)

LCH

lch(67.39, 66.06, 314.98)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1727, 311.13)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 52.9%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3f987

Analogous

#9487f9

#cd87f9

#f987ec

Triadic

#cd87f9

#f9cd87

#87f9cd

Split-complementary

#cd87f9

#ecf987

#87f994

Tetradic

#cd87f9

#f987b3

#b3f987

#87f9cd

Square

#cd87f9

#f99487

#b3f987

#87ecf9

Shades

Color #cd87f9 mixed toward black.

#b34af6

#9a0df3

#7409b7

#4d067a

#27033d

Tints

Color #cd87f9 mixed toward white.

#d59bfa

#deaffb

#e6c3fc

#eed7fd

#f7ebfe

Tones

Color #cd87f9 mixed toward gray.

#cb91f0

#c99ae6

#c6a4dd

#c4add3

#c2b7ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b2e4 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#b7bcdf · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#cad2cd · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd87f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd87f9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cd87f9 (#cd87f9) is rgb(205, 135, 249) in RGB.

No, #cd87f9 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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