#d497fa

Color #d497fa

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 16.57 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#d497fa

RGB

rgb(212, 151, 250)

HSL

hsl(277, 90.8%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 39.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 39.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(71.58, 40.35, -40.65)

LCH

lch(71.58, 57.28, 314.79)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.1503, 311.55)

HWB

hwb(277, 59.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdfa97

Analogous

#a297fa

#d497fa

#fa97ee

Triadic

#d497fa

#fad497

#97fad4

Split-complementary

#d497fa

#eefa97

#97faa2

Tetradic

#d497fa

#fa97bd

#bdfa97

#97fad4

Square

#d497fa

#faa297

#bdfa97

#97eefa

Shades

Color #d497fa mixed toward black.

#ba57f7

#9f17f4

#7909bf

#51067f

#280340

Tints

Color #d497fa mixed toward white.

#dba8fb

#e2bafc

#e9cbfc

#f1dcfd

#f8eefe

Tones

Color #d497fa mixed toward gray.

#d29ff2

#d0a7e9

#ceb0e1

#ccb8d9

#cac0d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbce7 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#c0c4e2 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#d1d7d3 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 25.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #d497fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d497fa]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#d497fa (#d497fa) is rgb(212, 151, 250) in RGB.

No, #d497fa 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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