#c6aed4

Color #c6aed4

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.28 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c6aed4

RGB

rgb(198, 174, 212)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 30.6%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 17.9%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(74.21, 15.61, -16.01)

LCH

lch(74.21, 22.36, 314.28)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0591, 313.08)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 68.2%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcd4ae

Analogous

#b3aed4

#c6aed4

#d4aecf

Triadic

#c6aed4

#d4c6ae

#aed4c6

Split-complementary

#c6aed4

#cfd4ae

#aed4b3

Tetradic

#c6aed4

#d4aebc

#bcd4ae

#aed4c6

Square

#c6aed4

#d4b3ae

#bcd4ae

#aecfd4

Shades

Color #c6aed4 mixed toward black.

#a884be

#8b5aa7

#68437e

#462d54

#23162a

Tints

Color #c6aed4 mixed toward white.

#d0bcdb

#d9c9e2

#e3d7e9

#ece4f1

#f6f2f8

Tones

Color #c6aed4 mixed toward gray.

#c5b1d1

#c4b4ce

#c4b8cb

#c3bbc7

#c2bec4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbccc · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#bdbfca · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#c5c5c3 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c6aed4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c6aed4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c6aed4 (#c6aed4) is rgb(198, 174, 212) in RGB.

No, #c6aed4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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