#c9c7ea

Color #c9c7ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.48 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9c7ea

RGB

rgb(201, 199, 234)

HSL

hsl(243.4, 45.5%, 84.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.4, 15%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(81.4, 7.54, -17.03)

LCH

lch(81.4, 18.62, 293.88)

OKLCH

oklch(84.3%, 0.0484, 287.91)

HWB

hwb(243.4, 78%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8eac7

Analogous

#c7d7ea

#c9c7ea

#dac7ea

Triadic

#c9c7ea

#eac9c7

#c7eac9

Split-complementary

#c9c7ea

#eadac7

#d7eac7

Tetradic

#c9c7ea

#eac7e8

#e8eac7

#c7eac9

Square

#c9c7ea

#eac7d7

#e8eac7

#c7eada

Shades

Color #c9c7ea mixed toward black.

#9692d6

#645ec3

#413b9e

#2b2769

#161435

Tints

Color #c9c7ea mixed toward white.

#d2d0ee

#dbdaf1

#e4e3f5

#edecf8

#f6f6fc

Tones

Color #c9c7ea mixed toward gray.

#cccae7

#cecde4

#d1d0e1

#d3d3de

#d6d6db

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c8e2 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#c8c8e0 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#c9dcda · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9c7ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9c7ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#c9c7ea (#c9c7ea) is rgb(201, 199, 234) in RGB.

No, #c9c7ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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