#cac8ec

Color #cac8ec

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.89 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cac8ec

RGB

rgb(202, 200, 236)

HSL

hsl(243.3, 48.6%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.3, 15.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(81.8, 7.74, -17.5)

LCH

lch(81.8, 19.14, 293.86)

OKLCH

oklch(84.6%, 0.0498, 287.89)

HWB

hwb(243.3, 78.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaecc8

Analogous

#c8d8ec

#cac8ec

#dcc8ec

Triadic

#cac8ec

#eccac8

#c8ecca

Split-complementary

#cac8ec

#ecdcc8

#d8ecc8

Tetradic

#cac8ec

#ecc8ea

#eaecc8

#c8ecca

Square

#cac8ec

#ecc8d8

#eaecc8

#c8ecdc

Shades

Color #cac8ec mixed toward black.

#9692d9

#625cc7

#3e38a2

#29256c

#151336

Tints

Color #cac8ec mixed toward white.

#d3d1ef

#dcdaf2

#e5e4f5

#ededf9

#f6f6fc

Tones

Color #cac8ec mixed toward gray.

#cdcbe9

#cfcee6

#d2d1e3

#d5d4e0

#d7d7dd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9e4 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#c9c9e2 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#cadddc · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 14.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cac8ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cac8ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#cac8ec (#cac8ec) is rgb(202, 200, 236) in RGB.

No, #cac8ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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