#c1aec9

Color #c1aec9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 7.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c1aec9

RGB

rgb(193, 174, 201)

HSL

hsl(282.2, 20%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.2, 13.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(73.43, 11.77, -11.2)

LCH

lch(73.43, 16.25, 316.42)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0431, 315.94)

HWB

hwb(282.2, 68.2%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6c9ae

Analogous

#b3aec9

#c1aec9

#c9aec3

Triadic

#c1aec9

#c9c1ae

#aec9c1

Split-complementary

#c1aec9

#c3c9ae

#aec9b3

Tetradic

#c1aec9

#c9aeb6

#b6c9ae

#aec9c1

Square

#c1aec9

#c9b3ae

#b6c9ae

#aec3c9

Shades

Color #c1aec9 mixed toward black.

#a488b0

#876496

#654b70

#44324b

#221925

Tints

Color #c1aec9 mixed toward white.

#cbbbd2

#d6c9db

#e0d6e4

#eae4ed

#f5f1f6

Tones

Color #c1aec9 mixed toward gray.

#c0b0c7

#bfb2c4

#beb5c2

#bdb7c0

#bcb9be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9c3 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#babcc1 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#c0bebd · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c1aec9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c1aec9]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c1aec9 (#c1aec9) is rgb(193, 174, 201) in RGB.

No, #c1aec9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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