#c4b5ff

Color #c4b5ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 0.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c4b5ff

RGB

rgb(196, 181, 255)

HSL

hsl(252.2, 100%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.2, 29%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 29%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(77.28, 20.39, -34.61)

LCH

lch(77.28, 40.17, 300.5)

OKLCH

oklch(81.2%, 0.104, 293.21)

HWB

hwb(252.2, 71%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0ffb5

Analogous

#b5cbff

#c4b5ff

#e9b5ff

Triadic

#c4b5ff

#ffc4b5

#b5ffc4

Split-complementary

#c4b5ff

#ffe9b5

#cbffb5

Tetradic

#c4b5ff

#ffb5f0

#f0ffb5

#b5ffc4

Square

#c4b5ff

#ffb5cb

#f0ffb5

#b5ffe9

Shades

Color #c4b5ff mixed toward black.

#8a6cff

#5024ff

#2c00da

#1e0091

#0f0049

Tints

Color #c4b5ff mixed toward white.

#cec1ff

#d8ceff

#e2daff

#ebe6ff

#f5f3ff

Tones

Color #c4b5ff mixed toward gray.

#c8bbf9

#cbc1f3

#cfc8ed

#d3cee6

#d6d4e0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebef0 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#bfc0ec · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#c3e3e0 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4b5ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4b5ff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#c4b5ff (#c4b5ff) is rgb(196, 181, 255) in RGB.

No, #c4b5ff 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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