#c8cae2

Color #c8cae2

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.98 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-100 #e0e7ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c8cae2

RGB

rgb(200, 202, 226)

HSL

hsl(235.4, 31%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.4, 11.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(81.84, 3.97, -12.1)

LCH

lch(81.84, 12.73, 288.16)

OKLCH

oklch(84.5%, 0.0333, 281.95)

HWB

hwb(235.4, 78.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e0c8

Analogous

#c8d7e2

#c8cae2

#d3c8e2

Triadic

#c8cae2

#e2c8ca

#cae2c8

Split-complementary

#c8cae2

#e2d3c8

#d7e2c8

Tetradic

#c8cae2

#e0c8e2

#e2e0c8

#cae2c8

Square

#c8cae2

#e2c8d7

#e2e0c8

#c8e2d3

Shades

Color #c8cae2 mixed toward black.

#999dc9

#6b70b1

#494f8b

#31345d

#181a2e

Tints

Color #c8cae2 mixed toward white.

#d1d3e7

#dadcec

#e3e4f0

#ededf5

#f6f6fa

Tones

Color #c8cae2 mixed toward gray.

#cacce0

#cccede

#cecfdb

#d1d1d9

#d3d3d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

13:1

Black text reads better on this background (13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9dd · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#c9c9db · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#c8d8d7 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 10.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c8cae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8cae2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#c8cae2 (#c8cae2) is rgb(200, 202, 226) in RGB.

No, #c8cae2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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