#cab5e9

Color #cab5e9

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cab5e9

RGB

rgb(202, 181, 233)

HSL

hsl(264.2, 54.2%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.2, 22.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(76.97, 17.38, -23.19)

LCH

lch(76.97, 28.98, 306.85)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.0755, 303.16)

HWB

hwb(264.2, 71%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4e9b5

Analogous

#b5bae9

#cab5e9

#e4b5e9

Triadic

#cab5e9

#e9cab5

#b5e9ca

Split-complementary

#cab5e9

#e9e4b5

#bae9b5

Tetradic

#cab5e9

#e9b5d4

#d4e9b5

#b5e9ca

Square

#cab5e9

#e9b5ba

#d4e9b5

#b5e9e4

Shades

Color #cab5e9 mixed toward black.

#a480d9

#7e4bc9

#5d2fa0

#3e206a

#1f1035

Tints

Color #cab5e9 mixed toward white.

#d3c1ed

#dccef0

#e5daf4

#ede6f8

#f6f3fb

Tones

Color #cab5e9 mixed toward gray.

#cbb9e5

#ccbee0

#cdc2dc

#cdc6d8

#cecbd3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1de · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#c2c4db · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#c9d5d2 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 19.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cab5e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cab5e9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#cab5e9 (#cab5e9) is rgb(202, 181, 233) in RGB.

No, #cab5e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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