#c4b8f8

Color #c4b8f8

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.94 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c4b8f8

RGB

rgb(196, 184, 248)

HSL

hsl(251.3, 82.1%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.3, 25.8%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 25.8%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(77.75, 17.16, -30.13)

LCH

lch(77.75, 34.67, 299.66)

OKLCH

oklch(81.5%, 0.0899, 292.91)

HWB

hwb(251.3, 72.2%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecf8b8

Analogous

#b8ccf8

#c4b8f8

#e4b8f8

Triadic

#c4b8f8

#f8c4b8

#b8f8c4

Split-complementary

#c4b8f8

#f8e4b8

#ccf8b8

Tetradic

#c4b8f8

#f8b8ec

#ecf8b8

#b8f8c4

Square

#c4b8f8

#f8b8cc

#ecf8b8

#b8f8e4

Shades

Color #c4b8f8 mixed toward black.

#8e76f2

#5735eb

#3513c5

#230d83

#120642

Tints

Color #c4b8f8 mixed toward white.

#cec4f9

#d8d0fa

#e2dbfc

#ebe7fd

#f5f3fe

Tones

Color #c4b8f8 mixed toward gray.

#c7bdf3

#cbc3ed

#cec8e8

#d1cde3

#d5d3dd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfeb · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#c0c1e7 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#c3dfdd · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 20.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c4b8f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4b8f8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#c4b8f8 (#c4b8f8) is rgb(196, 184, 248) in RGB.

No, #c4b8f8 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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