#c8b8ea

Color #c8b8ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.99 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c8b8ea

RGB

rgb(200, 184, 234)

HSL

hsl(259.2, 54.3%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.2, 21.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(77.58, 15.33, -22.83)

LCH

lch(77.58, 27.5, 303.88)

OKLCH

oklch(81.3%, 0.0714, 299.44)

HWB

hwb(259.2, 72.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#daeab8

Analogous

#b8c1ea

#c8b8ea

#e1b8ea

Triadic

#c8b8ea

#eac8b8

#b8eac8

Split-complementary

#c8b8ea

#eae1b8

#c1eab8

Tetradic

#c8b8ea

#eab8da

#daeab8

#b8eac8

Square

#c8b8ea

#eab8c1

#daeab8

#b8eae1

Shades

Color #c8b8ea mixed toward black.

#9e82da

#754dca

#5430a1

#38206c

#1c1036

Tints

Color #c8b8ea mixed toward white.

#d1c4ee

#dad0f1

#e4dcf5

#ede7f8

#f6f3fc

Tones

Color #c8b8ea mixed toward gray.

#cabce6

#cbc0e2

#cdc5de

#cec9d9

#d0cdd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1df · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#c2c3dd · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#c7d6d4 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8b8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8b8ea]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Rebecca Purple #663399

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#c8b8ea (#c8b8ea) is rgb(200, 184, 234) in RGB.

No, #c8b8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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