#c4aade

Color #c4aade

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.36 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c4aade

RGB

rgb(196, 170, 222)

HSL

hsl(270, 44.1%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 23.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(73.39, 19.19, -22.73)

LCH

lch(73.39, 29.75, 310.17)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0778, 307.33)

HWB

hwb(270, 66.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4deaa

Analogous

#aaaade

#c4aade

#deaade

Triadic

#c4aade

#dec4aa

#aadec4

Split-complementary

#c4aade

#dedeaa

#aadeaa

Tetradic

#c4aade

#deaac4

#c4deaa

#aadec4

Square

#c4aade

#deaaaa

#c4deaa

#aadede

Shades

Color #c4aade mixed toward black.

#a37bcc

#834cba

#62378d

#41255e

#21122f

Tints

Color #c4aade mixed toward white.

#ceb8e4

#d8c6e9

#e2d5ef

#ebe3f4

#f5f1fa

Tones

Color #c4aade mixed toward gray.

#c4aeda

#c4b3d5

#c4b7d1

#c4bbcd

#c4c0c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9d3 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#bbbdd0 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#c3cac8 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4aade;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4aade]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#c4aade (#c4aade) is rgb(196, 170, 222) in RGB.

No, #c4aade 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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