#c5ace6

Color #c5ace6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 13.02 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c5ace6

RGB

rgb(197, 172, 230)

HSL

hsl(265.9, 53.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.9, 25.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(74.25, 20.1, -25.77)

LCH

lch(74.25, 32.68, 307.95)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0851, 304.18)

HWB

hwb(265.9, 67.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cde6ac

Analogous

#acb0e6

#c5ace6

#e2ace6

Triadic

#c5ace6

#e6c5ac

#ace6c5

Split-complementary

#c5ace6

#e6e2ac

#b0e6ac

Tetradic

#c5ace6

#e6accd

#cde6ac

#ace6c5

Square

#c5ace6

#e6acb0

#cde6ac

#ace6e2

Shades

Color #c5ace6 mixed toward black.

#a178d6

#7d45c7

#5d2f9a

#3e1f67

#1f1033

Tints

Color #c5ace6 mixed toward white.

#cfbaea

#d8c8ee

#e2d5f2

#ece3f7

#f5f1fb

Tones

Color #c5ace6 mixed toward gray.

#c6b1e1

#c6b6dc

#c7bad7

#c8bfd3

#c8c4ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbada · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#bcbed7 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#c4cfcd · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5ace6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5ace6]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#c5ace6 (#c5ace6) is rgb(197, 172, 230) in RGB.

No, #c5ace6 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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