#c8aae1

Color #c8aae1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.56 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c8aae1

RGB

rgb(200, 170, 225)

HSL

hsl(272.7, 47.8%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.7, 24.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(73.85, 21.1, -23.63)

LCH

lch(73.85, 31.68, 311.76)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0832, 309.24)

HWB

hwb(272.7, 66.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3e1aa

Analogous

#adaae1

#c8aae1

#e1aadf

Triadic

#c8aae1

#e1c8aa

#aae1c8

Split-complementary

#c8aae1

#dfe1aa

#aae1ad

Tetradic

#c8aae1

#e1aac3

#c3e1aa

#aae1c8

Square

#c8aae1

#e1adaa

#c3e1aa

#aadfe1

Shades

Color #c8aae1 mixed toward black.

#a97ad0

#8949bf

#673492

#452261

#221131

Tints

Color #c8aae1 mixed toward white.

#d1b8e6

#dac6eb

#e4d5f0

#ede3f5

#f6f1fa

Tones

Color #c8aae1 mixed toward gray.

#c8afdc

#c7b3d8

#c7b8d3

#c6bccf

#c6c1ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcd5 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#bdc0d2 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#c7ccc9 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8aae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8aae1]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#c8aae1 (#c8aae1) is rgb(200, 170, 225) in RGB.

No, #c8aae1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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