#dc97ff

Color #dc97ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Violet #ee82ee · ΔE 13.89 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-300 #f4a8ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#dc97ff

RGB

rgb(220, 151, 255)

HSL

hsl(279.8, 100%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.8, 40.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(72.61, 43.69, -41.7)

LCH

lch(72.61, 60.4, 316.34)

OKLCH

oklch(78.2%, 0.1593, 313.63)

HWB

hwb(279.8, 59.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#baff97

Analogous

#a897ff

#dc97ff

#ff97ee

Triadic

#dc97ff

#ffdc97

#97ffdc

Split-complementary

#dc97ff

#eeff97

#97ffa8

Tetradic

#dc97ff

#ff97ba

#baff97

#97ffdc

Square

#dc97ff

#ffa897

#baff97

#97eeff

Shades

Color #dc97ff mixed toward black.

#c553ff

#ae10ff

#8700cb

#5a0087

#2d0044

Tints

Color #dc97ff mixed toward white.

#e2a8ff

#e8baff

#edcbff

#f3dcff

#f9eeff

Tones

Color #dc97ff mixed toward gray.

#d9a0f6

#d6a8ee

#d3b1e5

#d1badc

#cec2d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c1eb · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#c6cae6 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#d9dad6 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 25.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #dc97ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dc97ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#dc97ff (#dc97ff) is rgb(220, 151, 255) in RGB.

No, #dc97ff 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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