#c5a5ce

Color #c5a5ce

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.5 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c5a5ce

RGB

rgb(197, 165, 206)

HSL

hsl(286.8, 29.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.8, 19.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(71.72, 19.03, -16.49)

LCH

lch(71.72, 25.18, 319.09)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0675, 318.73)

HWB

hwb(286.8, 64.7%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aecea5

Analogous

#b0a5ce

#c5a5ce

#cea5c2

Triadic

#c5a5ce

#cec5a5

#a5cec5

Split-complementary

#c5a5ce

#c2cea5

#a5ceb0

Tetradic

#c5a5ce

#cea5ae

#aecea5

#a5cec5

Square

#c5a5ce

#ceb0a5

#aecea5

#a5c2ce

Shades

Color #c5a5ce mixed toward black.

#ab7db8

#9057a0

#6c4178

#482c50

#241628

Tints

Color #c5a5ce mixed toward white.

#cfb4d6

#d8c3de

#e2d2e6

#ece1ef

#f5f0f7

Tones

Color #c5a5ce mixed toward gray.

#c3a8ca

#c1acc7

#bfafc4

#bdb3c0

#bbb6bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8c5 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#babcc3 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#c4bebc · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5a5ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5a5ce]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#c5a5ce (#c5a5ce) is rgb(197, 165, 206) in RGB.

No, #c5a5ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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