#c5bdea

Color #c5bdea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.28 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#c5bdea

RGB

rgb(197, 189, 234)

HSL

hsl(250.7, 51.7%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.7, 19.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(78.58, 11.67, -21.32)

LCH

lch(78.58, 24.3, 298.7)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.0632, 293.12)

HWB

hwb(250.7, 74.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2eabd

Analogous

#bdcbea

#c5bdea

#dbbdea

Triadic

#c5bdea

#eac5bd

#bdeac5

Split-complementary

#c5bdea

#eadbbd

#cbeabd

Tetradic

#c5bdea

#eabde2

#e2eabd

#bdeac5

Square

#c5bdea

#eabdcb

#e2eabd

#bdeadb

Shades

Color #c5bdea mixed toward black.

#9687d9

#6752c8

#4733a0

#2f226b

#181135

Tints

Color #c5bdea mixed toward white.

#cfc8ed

#d8d3f1

#e2def4

#ece9f8

#f5f4fb

Tones

Color #c5bdea mixed toward gray.

#c7c1e6

#cac4e2

#ccc8df

#cfccdb

#d1d0d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c2e0 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#c2c3de · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#c5d8d6 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5bdea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5bdea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#c5bdea (#c5bdea) is rgb(197, 189, 234) in RGB.

No, #c5bdea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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