#c4a4ee

Color #c4a4ee

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.66 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c4a4ee

RGB

rgb(196, 164, 238)

HSL

hsl(265.9, 68.5%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.9, 31.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(72.53, 25.93, -32.76)

LCH

lch(72.53, 41.78, 308.36)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.1086, 303.81)

HWB

hwb(265.9, 64.3%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceeea4

Analogous

#a4a9ee

#c4a4ee

#e9a4ee

Triadic

#c4a4ee

#eec4a4

#a4eec4

Split-complementary

#c4a4ee

#eee9a4

#a9eea4

Tetradic

#c4a4ee

#eea4ce

#ceeea4

#a4eec4

Square

#c4a4ee

#eea4a9

#ceeea4

#a4eee9

Shades

Color #c4a4ee mixed toward black.

#9f6be3

#7b33d9

#5b20a9

#3d1571

#1e0b38

Tints

Color #c4a4ee mixed toward white.

#ceb3f1

#d8c2f4

#e1d1f6

#ebe1f9

#f5f0fc

Tones

Color #c4a4ee mixed toward gray.

#c5aae8

#c6b0e2

#c6b6db

#c7bdd5

#c8c3cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7df · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#b9bbdb · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#c3d2cf · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c4a4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4a4ee]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#c4a4ee (#c4a4ee) is rgb(196, 164, 238) in RGB.

No, #c4a4ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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