#c9b7ee

Color #c9b7ee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.33 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c9b7ee

RGB

rgb(201, 183, 238)

HSL

hsl(259.6, 61.8%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.6, 23.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(77.55, 17.04, -25.01)

LCH

lch(77.55, 30.26, 304.27)

OKLCH

oklch(81.3%, 0.0786, 299.66)

HWB

hwb(259.6, 71.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dceeb7

Analogous

#b7c0ee

#c9b7ee

#e4b7ee

Triadic

#c9b7ee

#eec9b7

#b7eec9

Split-complementary

#c9b7ee

#eee4b7

#c0eeb7

Tetradic

#c9b7ee

#eeb7dc

#dceeb7

#b7eec9

Square

#c9b7ee

#eeb7c0

#dceeb7

#b7eee4

Shades

Color #c9b7ee mixed toward black.

#9e7ee1

#7445d3

#5328aa

#371b71

#1c0d39

Tints

Color #c9b7ee mixed toward white.

#d2c3f1

#dbcff4

#e4dbf6

#ede7f9

#f6f3fc

Tones

Color #c9b7ee mixed toward gray.

#cabbe9

#ccc0e5

#cec5e0

#cfc9dc

#d1ced7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1e2 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#c3c4df · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#c8d8d6 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9b7ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9b7ee]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#c9b7ee (#c9b7ee) is rgb(201, 183, 238) in RGB.

No, #c9b7ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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