#c8b4e5

Color #c8b4e5

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.56 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c8b4e5

RGB

rgb(200, 180, 229)

HSL

hsl(264.5, 48.5%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.5, 21.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(76.42, 16.46, -21.88)

LCH

lch(76.42, 27.38, 306.95)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.0713, 303.44)

HWB

hwb(264.5, 70.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1e5b4

Analogous

#b4b9e5

#c8b4e5

#e1b4e5

Triadic

#c8b4e5

#e5c8b4

#b4e5c8

Split-complementary

#c8b4e5

#e5e1b4

#b9e5b4

Tetradic

#c8b4e5

#e5b4d1

#d1e5b4

#b4e5c8

Square

#c8b4e5

#e5b4b9

#d1e5b4

#b4e5e1

Shades

Color #c8b4e5 mixed toward black.

#a381d3

#7e4fc2

#5d3598

#3e2365

#1f1233

Tints

Color #c8b4e5 mixed toward white.

#d1c1e9

#dacdee

#e4daf2

#ede6f6

#f6f3fb

Tones

Color #c8b4e5 mixed toward gray.

#c9b8e1

#cabcdd

#cac0d9

#cbc4d5

#ccc8d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0bfda · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#c1c2d8 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#c7d2d0 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 18.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c8b4e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8b4e5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#c8b4e5 (#c8b4e5) is rgb(200, 180, 229) in RGB.

No, #c8b4e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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