#c3aff8

Color #c3aff8

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.98 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c3aff8

RGB

rgb(195, 175, 248)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 83.9%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 29.4%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(75.48, 21.8, -33.64)

LCH

lch(75.48, 40.09, 302.94)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.1038, 296.57)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 68.6%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4f8af

Analogous

#afbff8

#c3aff8

#e7aff8

Triadic

#c3aff8

#f8c3af

#aff8c3

Split-complementary

#c3aff8

#f8e7af

#bff8af

Tetradic

#c3aff8

#f8afe4

#e4f8af

#aff8c3

Square

#c3aff8

#f8afbf

#e4f8af

#aff8e7

Shades

Color #c3aff8 mixed toward black.

#926ef2

#622ded

#4111c2

#2c0b82

#160641

Tints

Color #c3aff8 mixed toward white.

#cdbcf9

#d7cafa

#e1d7fb

#ebe4fd

#f5f2fe

Tones

Color #c3aff8 mixed toward gray.

#c6b5f2

#c8bbec

#cbc1e6

#cec7e0

#d1cdd9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbe9 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#bcbde5 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#c2dcd9 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c3aff8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c3aff8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#c3aff8 (#c3aff8) is rgb(195, 175, 248) in RGB.

No, #c3aff8 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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