#c4bec6

Color #c4bec6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.83 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c4bec6

RGB

rgb(196, 190, 198)

HSL

hsl(285, 6.6%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 4%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(77.66, 3.56, -3.27)

LCH

lch(77.66, 4.83, 317.43)

OKLCH

oklch(80.9%, 0.0129, 317.52)

HWB

hwb(285, 74.5%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0c6be

Analogous

#c0bec6

#c4bec6

#c6bec4

Triadic

#c4bec6

#c6c4be

#bec6c4

Split-complementary

#c4bec6

#c4c6be

#bec6c0

Tetradic

#c4bec6

#c6bec0

#c0c6be

#bec6c4

Square

#c4bec6

#c6c0be

#c0c6be

#bec4c6

Shades

Color #c4bec6 mixed toward black.

#a59ca8

#86798a

#645b67

#433c45

#211e22

Tints

Color #c4bec6 mixed toward white.

#cec9d0

#d8d4d9

#e2dfe3

#ebe9ec

#f5f4f6

Tones

Color #c4bec6 mixed toward gray.

#c4bfc5

#c3bfc5

#c3c0c4

#c3c1c3

#c2c1c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1c4 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#c2c2c4 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#c4c3c2 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4bec6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4bec6]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#c4bec6 (#c4bec6) is rgb(196, 190, 198) in RGB.

No, #c4bec6 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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