#cf8afa

Color #cf8afa

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 13.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cf8afa

RGB

rgb(207, 138, 250)

HSL

hsl(277, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.2%, 44.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(68.27, 45.88, -45.86)

LCH

lch(68.27, 64.87, 315.01)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.1697, 311.3)

HWB

hwb(277, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5fa8a

Analogous

#978afa

#cf8afa

#fa8aed

Triadic

#cf8afa

#facf8a

#8afacf

Split-complementary

#cf8afa

#edfa8a

#8afa97

Tetradic

#cf8afa

#fa8ab5

#b5fa8a

#8afacf

Square

#cf8afa

#fa978a

#b5fa8a

#8aedfa

Shades

Color #cf8afa mixed toward black.

#b64cf7

#9c0ef5

#7608ba

#4f057c

#27033e

Tints

Color #cf8afa mixed toward white.

#d79efb

#dfb1fc

#e7c5fd

#efd8fd

#f7ecfe

Tones

Color #cf8afa mixed toward gray.

#cd93f1

#cb9de7

#c9a6de

#c6afd5

#c4b9cb

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

#b5b5e5 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#b9bee0 · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#ccd3cf · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 26.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cf8afa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cf8afa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cf8afa (#cf8afa) is rgb(207, 138, 250) in RGB.

No, #cf8afa 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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