#cd8cd8

Color #cd8cd8

A moderately saturated light magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-300 #f4a8ff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cd8cd8

RGB

rgb(205, 140, 216)

HSL

hsl(291.3, 49.4%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(291.3, 35.2%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(67.05, 37.28, -29.07)

LCH

lch(67.05, 47.27, 322.05)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1278, 321.58)

HWB

hwb(291.3, 54.9%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97d88c

Analogous

#a78cd8

#cd8cd8

#d88cbd

Triadic

#cd8cd8

#d8cd8c

#8cd8cd

Split-complementary

#cd8cd8

#bdd88c

#8cd8a7

Tetradic

#cd8cd8

#d88c97

#97d88c

#8cd8cd

Square

#cd8cd8

#d8a78c

#97d88c

#8cbdd8

Shades

Color #cd8cd8 mixed toward black.

#ba60c9

#a03cb1

#782d85

#501e59

#280f2c

Tints

Color #cd8cd8 mixed toward white.

#d59fdf

#deb2e5

#e6c5ec

#eed9f2

#f7ecf9

Tones

Color #cd8cd8 mixed toward gray.

#c892d2

#c499cb

#bf9fc5

#bba5bf

#b6acb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b4c9 · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#b8bdc5 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#cabcb9 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd8cd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd8cd8]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#cd8cd8 (#cd8cd8) is rgb(205, 140, 216) in RGB.

No, #cd8cd8 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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