#cdcae9

Color #cdcae9

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.74 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cdcae9

RGB

rgb(205, 202, 233)

HSL

hsl(245.8, 41.3%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.8, 13.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(82.43, 7.01, -14.91)

LCH

lch(82.43, 16.48, 295.18)

OKLCH

oklch(85.1%, 0.0429, 289.91)

HWB

hwb(245.8, 79.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e9ca

Analogous

#cad7e9

#cdcae9

#ddcae9

Triadic

#cdcae9

#e9cdca

#cae9cd

Split-complementary

#cdcae9

#e9ddca

#d7e9ca

Tetradic

#cdcae9

#e9cae6

#e6e9ca

#cae9cd

Square

#cdcae9

#e9cad7

#e6e9ca

#cae9dd

Shades

Color #cdcae9 mixed toward black.

#9d97d4

#6c64be

#49409a

#302b66

#181533

Tints

Color #cdcae9 mixed toward white.

#d5d3ed

#dedcf0

#e6e5f4

#eeedf8

#f7f6fb

Tones

Color #cdcae9 mixed toward gray.

#cfcde6

#d1cfe4

#d3d2e1

#d5d4df

#d7d7dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccce2 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#cccce0 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#cddcdb · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdcae9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdcae9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#cdcae9 (#cdcae9) is rgb(205, 202, 233) in RGB.

No, #cdcae9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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