#c4b4e8

Color #c4b4e8

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c4b4e8

RGB

rgb(196, 180, 232)

HSL

hsl(258.5, 53.1%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.5, 22.4%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(76.19, 15.83, -23.88)

LCH

lch(76.19, 28.65, 303.54)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0744, 298.77)

HWB

hwb(258.5, 70.6%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8e8b4

Analogous

#b4bee8

#c4b4e8

#deb4e8

Triadic

#c4b4e8

#e8c4b4

#b4e8c4

Split-complementary

#c4b4e8

#e8deb4

#bee8b4

Tetradic

#c4b4e8

#e8b4d8

#d8e8b4

#b4e8c4

Square

#c4b4e8

#e8b4be

#d8e8b4

#b4e8de

Shades

Color #c4b4e8 mixed toward black.

#9b7fd8

#714bc8

#52309e

#372069

#1b1035

Tints

Color #c4b4e8 mixed toward white.

#cec1ec

#d8cdf0

#e2daf4

#ebe6f7

#f5f3fb

Tones

Color #c4b4e8 mixed toward gray.

#c6b8e4

#c7bddf

#c9c1db

#cbc5d7

#cccad2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbddd · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#bebfda · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#c3d4d1 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 18.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c4b4e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4b4e8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#c4b4e8 (#c4b4e8) is rgb(196, 180, 232) in RGB.

No, #c4b4e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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