#cd8af7

Color #cd8af7

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 14.26 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cd8af7

RGB

rgb(205, 138, 247)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 87.2%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 44.1%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 44.1%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(67.93, 44.68, -44.79)

LCH

lch(67.93, 63.26, 314.93)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.1655, 311.28)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 54.1%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4f78a

Analogous

#978af7

#cd8af7

#f78aea

Triadic

#cd8af7

#f7cd8a

#8af7cd

Split-complementary

#cd8af7

#eaf78a

#8af797

Tetradic

#cd8af7

#f78ab4

#b4f78a

#8af7cd

Square

#cd8af7

#f7978a

#b4f78a

#8aeaf7

Shades

Color #cd8af7 mixed toward black.

#b34ef3

#9a12ef

#740cb4

#4d0878

#27043c

Tints

Color #cd8af7 mixed toward white.

#d59ef8

#deb1fa

#e6c5fb

#eed8fc

#f7ecfe

Tones

Color #cd8af7 mixed toward gray.

#cb93ee

#c99ce5

#c7a5dc

#c5aed3

#c3b7ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b3e3 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#b8bcde · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#cad1cd · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 26.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd8af7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd8af7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cd8af7 (#cd8af7) is rgb(205, 138, 247) in RGB.

No, #cd8af7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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