#c4bcea

Color #c4bcea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.8 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c4bcea

RGB

rgb(196, 188, 234)

HSL

hsl(250.4, 52.3%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.4, 19.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(78.25, 11.9, -21.83)

LCH

lch(78.25, 24.86, 298.6)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.0646, 292.87)

HWB

hwb(250.4, 73.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2eabc

Analogous

#bccbea

#c4bcea

#dbbcea

Triadic

#c4bcea

#eac4bc

#bceac4

Split-complementary

#c4bcea

#eadbbc

#cbeabc

Tetradic

#c4bcea

#eabce2

#e2eabc

#bceac4

Square

#c4bcea

#eabccb

#e2eabc

#bceadb

Shades

Color #c4bcea mixed toward black.

#9586d9

#6551c8

#4532a1

#2e226b

#171136

Tints

Color #c4bcea mixed toward white.

#cec7ed

#d8d2f1

#e1ddf4

#ebe9f8

#f5f4fb

Tones

Color #c4bcea mixed toward gray.

#c6c0e6

#c9c4e2

#cbc7de

#cecbdb

#d0cfd7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1e0 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#c1c2de · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#c4d8d6 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4bcea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4bcea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#c4bcea (#c4bcea) is rgb(196, 188, 234) in RGB.

No, #c4bcea 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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