#c3bae5

Color #c3bae5

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.46 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c3bae5

RGB

rgb(195, 186, 229)

HSL

hsl(252.6, 45.3%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.6, 18.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(77.51, 11.6, -20.28)

LCH

lch(77.51, 23.36, 299.77)

OKLCH

oklch(81.1%, 0.0607, 294.62)

HWB

hwb(252.6, 72.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dce5ba

Analogous

#bac7e5

#c3bae5

#d9bae5

Triadic

#c3bae5

#e5c3ba

#bae5c3

Split-complementary

#c3bae5

#e5d9ba

#c7e5ba

Tetradic

#c3bae5

#e5badc

#dce5ba

#bae5c3

Square

#c3bae5

#e5bac7

#dce5ba

#bae5d9

Shades

Color #c3bae5 mixed toward black.

#9788d2

#6c56bf

#4d3997

#332665

#1a1332

Tints

Color #c3bae5 mixed toward white.

#cdc6e9

#d7d1ee

#e1ddf2

#ebe8f6

#f5f4fb

Tones

Color #c3bae5 mixed toward gray.

#c5bee1

#c7c1de

#c9c5da

#cbc8d7

#cdccd3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfdc · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#c0c0d9 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#c3d4d2 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c3bae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c3bae5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#c3bae5 (#c3bae5) is rgb(195, 186, 229) in RGB.

No, #c3bae5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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