#c8aee6

Color #c8aee6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#c8aee6

RGB

rgb(200, 174, 230)

HSL

hsl(267.9, 52.8%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.9, 24.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(74.99, 19.95, -24.6)

LCH

lch(74.99, 31.67, 309.04)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0827, 305.75)

HWB

hwb(267.9, 68.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cce6ae

Analogous

#aeb0e6

#c8aee6

#e4aee6

Triadic

#c8aee6

#e6c8ae

#aee6c8

Split-complementary

#c8aee6

#e6e4ae

#b0e6ae

Tetradic

#c8aee6

#e6aecc

#cce6ae

#aee6c8

Square

#c8aee6

#e6aeb0

#cce6ae

#aee6e4

Shades

Color #c8aee6 mixed toward black.

#a57bd6

#8247c6

#61309a

#412067

#201033

Tints

Color #c8aee6 mixed toward white.

#d1bbea

#dac9ee

#e3d6f2

#ede4f7

#f6f1fb

Tones

Color #c8aee6 mixed toward gray.

#c8b3e1

#c9b7dd

#c9bcd8

#c9c1d3

#cac5cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdda · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#bfc1d7 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#c7d0ce · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8aee6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8aee6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#c8aee6 (#c8aee6) is rgb(200, 174, 230) in RGB.

No, #c8aee6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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