#c3b6c9

Color #c3b6c9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 6.92 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c3b6c9

RGB

rgb(195, 182, 201)

HSL

hsl(281.1, 15%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.1, 9.5%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(75.62, 8.1, -7.92)

LCH

lch(75.62, 11.33, 315.64)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0301, 315.4)

HWB

hwb(281.1, 71.4%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcc9b6

Analogous

#bab6c9

#c3b6c9

#c9b6c6

Triadic

#c3b6c9

#c9c3b6

#b6c9c3

Split-complementary

#c3b6c9

#c6c9b6

#b6c9ba

Tetradic

#c3b6c9

#c9b6bc

#bcc9b6

#b6c9c3

Square

#c3b6c9

#c9bab6

#bcc9b6

#b6c6c9

Shades

Color #c3b6c9 mixed toward black.

#a591ae

#876d93

#65516e

#433649

#221b25

Tints

Color #c3b6c9 mixed toward white.

#cdc2d2

#d7cedb

#e1dae4

#ebe7ed

#f5f3f6

Tones

Color #c3b6c9 mixed toward gray.

#c2b8c7

#c2b9c6

#c1bbc4

#c1bcc3

#c0bec1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebdc5 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#bebfc4 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#c2c1c0 · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c3b6c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c3b6c9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c3b6c9 (#c3b6c9) is rgb(195, 182, 201) in RGB.

No, #c3b6c9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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