#cd8bfa

Color #cd8bfa

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 14.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cd8bfa

RGB

rgb(205, 139, 250)

HSL

hsl(275.7, 91.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.7, 44.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 44.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(68.28, 44.79, -45.88)

LCH

lch(68.28, 64.12, 314.31)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.1673, 310.3)

HWB

hwb(275.7, 54.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8fa8b

Analogous

#968bfa

#cd8bfa

#fa8bef

Triadic

#cd8bfa

#facd8b

#8bfacd

Split-complementary

#cd8bfa

#effa8b

#8bfa96

Tetradic

#cd8bfa

#fa8bb8

#b8fa8b

#8bfacd

Square

#cd8bfa

#fa968b

#b8fa8b

#8beffa

Shades

Color #cd8bfa mixed toward black.

#b24df7

#980ff5

#7208ba

#4c057c

#26033e

Tints

Color #cd8bfa mixed toward white.

#d59efb

#deb2fc

#e6c5fc

#eed8fd

#f7ecfe

Tones

Color #cd8bfa mixed toward gray.

#cb94f1

#ca9ee8

#c8a7de

#c6b0d5

#c4b9cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4e5 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#b8bce0 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#cad3cf · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd8bfa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd8bfa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cd8bfa (#cd8bfa) is rgb(205, 139, 250) in RGB.

No, #cd8bfa 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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