#c4b4e6

Color #c4b4e6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.4 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c4b4e6

RGB

rgb(196, 180, 230)

HSL

hsl(259.2, 50%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.2, 21.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(76.13, 15.4, -22.91)

LCH

lch(76.13, 27.6, 303.91)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.0716, 299.43)

HWB

hwb(259.2, 70.6%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6e6b4

Analogous

#b4bde6

#c4b4e6

#ddb4e6

Triadic

#c4b4e6

#e6c4b4

#b4e6c4

Split-complementary

#c4b4e6

#e6ddb4

#bde6b4

Tetradic

#c4b4e6

#e6b4d6

#d6e6b4

#b4e6c4

Square

#c4b4e6

#e6b4bd

#d6e6b4

#b4e6dd

Shades

Color #c4b4e6 mixed toward black.

#9c81d5

#734ec4

#54339a

#382267

#1c1133

Tints

Color #c4b4e6 mixed toward white.

#cec1ea

#d8cdee

#e2daf3

#ebe6f7

#f5f3fb

Tones

Color #c4b4e6 mixed toward gray.

#c6b8e2

#c7bcde

#c9c1da

#cac5d5

#ccc9d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbddb · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#bebfd9 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#c3d2d0 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 18.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c4b4e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4b4e6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Rebecca Purple #663399

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#c4b4e6 (#c4b4e6) is rgb(196, 180, 230) in RGB.

No, #c4b4e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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