#c9caf4

Color #c9caf4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.58 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9caf4

RGB

rgb(201, 202, 244)

HSL

hsl(238.6, 66.2%, 87.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.6, 17.6%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(82.48, 8.06, -20.74)

LCH

lch(82.48, 22.25, 291.24)

OKLCH

oklch(85.2%, 0.0582, 284.01)

HWB

hwb(238.6, 78.8%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f4f3c9

Analogous

#c9e0f4

#c9caf4

#dec9f4

Triadic

#c9caf4

#f4c9ca

#caf4c9

Split-complementary

#c9caf4

#f4dec9

#e0f4c9

Tetradic

#c9caf4

#f3c9f4

#f4f3c9

#caf4c9

Square

#c9caf4

#f4c9e0

#f4f3c9

#c9f4de

Shades

Color #c9caf4 mixed toward black.

#8c8ee8

#4e51db

#2629b9

#191b7b

#0d0e3e

Tints

Color #c9caf4 mixed toward white.

#d2d3f6

#dbdcf8

#e4e5fa

#ededfb

#f6f6fd

Tones

Color #c9caf4 mixed toward gray.

#cdcef0

#d0d1ed

#d4d4e9

#d7d8e6

#dbdbe2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9eb · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#c9c9e8 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#c9e3e1 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 15.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9caf4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9caf4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#c9caf4 (#c9caf4) is rgb(201, 202, 244) in RGB.

No, #c9caf4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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