#c4b8e4

Color #c4b8e4

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#c4b8e4

RGB

rgb(196, 184, 228)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 44.9%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 19.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(77.05, 12.79, -20.42)

LCH

lch(77.05, 24.09, 302.06)

OKLCH

oklch(80.7%, 0.0626, 297.51)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 72.2%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8e4b8

Analogous

#b8c2e4

#c4b8e4

#dab8e4

Triadic

#c4b8e4

#e4c4b8

#b8e4c4

Split-complementary

#c4b8e4

#e4dab8

#c2e4b8

Tetradic

#c4b8e4

#e4b8d8

#d8e4b8

#b8e4c4

Square

#c4b8e4

#e4b8c2

#d8e4b8

#b8e4da

Shades

Color #c4b8e4 mixed toward black.

#9b86d1

#7155be

#523995

#372664

#1b1332

Tints

Color #c4b8e4 mixed toward white.

#cec4e9

#d8d0ed

#e2dcf2

#ebe7f6

#f5f3fb

Tones

Color #c4b8e4 mixed toward gray.

#c6bce0

#c7bfdd

#c9c3d9

#cbc7d5

#cccad2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfda · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#c0c1d8 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#c3d2d1 · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 17.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c4b8e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4b8e4]

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

#c4b8e4 (#c4b8e4) is rgb(196, 184, 228) in RGB.

No, #c4b8e4 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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