#ccc9ea

Color #ccc9ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ccc9ea

RGB

rgb(204, 201, 234)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 44%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 14.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(82.14, 7.43, -15.9)

LCH

lch(82.14, 17.55, 295.05)

OKLCH

oklch(84.9%, 0.0456, 289.59)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 78.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7eac9

Analogous

#c9d6ea

#ccc9ea

#ddc9ea

Triadic

#ccc9ea

#eaccc9

#c9eacc

Split-complementary

#ccc9ea

#eaddc9

#d6eac9

Tetradic

#ccc9ea

#eac9e7

#e7eac9

#c9eacc

Square

#ccc9ea

#eac9d6

#e7eac9

#c9eadd

Shades

Color #ccc9ea mixed toward black.

#9b95d6

#6961c1

#463d9d

#2e2968

#171434

Tints

Color #ccc9ea mixed toward white.

#d5d2ee

#dddbf1

#e6e4f5

#eeedf8

#f7f6fc

Tones

Color #ccc9ea mixed toward gray.

#cecce7

#d1cfe5

#d3d1e2

#d5d4df

#d7d7dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbe3 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#cbcbe1 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#ccdddb · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ccc9ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ccc9ea]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#ccc9ea (#ccc9ea) is rgb(204, 201, 234) in RGB.

No, #ccc9ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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