#c4a9ce

Color #c4a9ce

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c4a9ce

RGB

rgb(196, 169, 206)

HSL

hsl(283.8, 27.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.8, 18%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(72.61, 16.5, -15.16)

LCH

lch(72.61, 22.41, 317.42)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0597, 316.9)

HWB

hwb(283.8, 66.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3cea9

Analogous

#b1a9ce

#c4a9ce

#cea9c5

Triadic

#c4a9ce

#cec4a9

#a9cec4

Split-complementary

#c4a9ce

#c5cea9

#a9ceb1

Tetradic

#c4a9ce

#cea9b3

#b3cea9

#a9cec4

Square

#c4a9ce

#ceb1a9

#b3cea9

#a9c5ce

Shades

Color #c4a9ce mixed toward black.

#a981b7

#8d5b9f

#6a4477

#462d50

#231728

Tints

Color #c4a9ce mixed toward white.

#ceb7d6

#d8c6de

#e1d4e6

#ebe2ef

#f5f1f7

Tones

Color #c4a9ce mixed toward gray.

#c3accb

#c1afc8

#c0b2c5

#beb5c2

#bdb8bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9c6 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#babcc4 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#c3bfbe · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 17.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c4a9ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4a9ce]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c4a9ce (#c4a9ce) is rgb(196, 169, 206) in RGB.

No, #c4a9ce 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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