#cd8aed

Color #cd8aed

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 14.32 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#cd8aed

RGB

rgb(205, 138, 237)

HSL

hsl(280.6, 73.3%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.6, 41.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(67.48, 42.58, -40)

LCH

lch(67.48, 58.42, 316.79)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.1542, 314.19)

HWB

hwb(280.6, 54.1%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaed8a

Analogous

#9b8aed

#cd8aed

#ed8adb

Triadic

#cd8aed

#edcd8a

#8aedcd

Split-complementary

#cd8aed

#dbed8a

#8aed9b

Tetradic

#cd8aed

#ed8aaa

#aaed8a

#8aedcd

Square

#cd8aed

#ed9b8a

#aaed8a

#8adbed

Shades

Color #cd8aed mixed toward black.

#b654e5

#9d21d9

#7619a2

#4f116c

#270836

Tints

Color #cd8aed mixed toward white.

#d59df0

#deb1f3

#e6c4f6

#eed8f9

#f7ebfc

Tones

Color #cd8aed mixed toward gray.

#ca92e5

#c79adc

#c4a3d4

#c1abcc

#beb3c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b3da · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#b8bcd6 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#cacac6 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 25.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd8aed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd8aed]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cd8aed (#cd8aed) is rgb(205, 138, 237) in RGB.

No, #cd8aed 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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