#cd9be7

Color #cd9be7

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.55 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cd9be7

RGB

rgb(205, 155, 231)

HSL

hsl(279.5, 61.3%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.5, 32.9%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.3%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(71, 32.13, -31.23)

LCH

lch(71, 44.81, 315.81)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.1185, 313.67)

HWB

hwb(279.5, 60.8%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5e79b

Analogous

#a79be7

#cd9be7

#e79bdb

Triadic

#cd9be7

#e7cd9b

#9be7cd

Split-complementary

#cd9be7

#dbe79b

#9be7a7

Tetradic

#cd9be7

#e79bb5

#b5e79b

#9be7cd

Square

#cd9be7

#e7a79b

#b5e79b

#9bdbe7

Shades

Color #cd9be7 mixed toward black.

#b367db

#9933ce

#73259c

#4d1968

#260c34

Tints

Color #cd9be7 mixed toward white.

#d5aceb

#debcef

#e6cdf3

#eedef7

#f7eefb

Tones

Color #cd9be7 mixed toward gray.

#cba1e1

#c9a8da

#c7aed4

#c5b4ce

#c3bbc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9d8 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#bcc0d4 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#cbcbc8 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd9be7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd9be7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cd9be7 (#cd9be7) is rgb(205, 155, 231) in RGB.

No, #cd9be7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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