#c5b3d2

Color #c5b3d2

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 6.36 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c5b3d2

RGB

rgb(197, 179, 210)

HSL

hsl(274.8, 25.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.8, 14.8%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(75.3, 12.15, -13.28)

LCH

lch(75.3, 18, 312.46)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0474, 311.15)

HWB

hwb(274.8, 70.2%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0d2b3

Analogous

#b6b3d2

#c5b3d2

#d2b3d0

Triadic

#c5b3d2

#d2c5b3

#b3d2c5

Split-complementary

#c5b3d2

#d0d2b3

#b3d2b6

Tetradic

#c5b3d2

#d2b3c0

#c0d2b3

#b3d2c5

Square

#c5b3d2

#d2b6b3

#c0d2b3

#b3d0d2

Shades

Color #c5b3d2 mixed toward black.

#a68aba

#8762a2

#65487a

#443051

#221829

Tints

Color #c5b3d2 mixed toward white.

#cfc0da

#d8cce1

#e2d9e9

#ece6f0

#f5f2f8

Tones

Color #c5b3d2 mixed toward gray.

#c5b6cf

#c4b8cd

#c4bbca

#c3bdc8

#c3c0c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdcb · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#bfc0c9 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#c4c5c4 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5b3d2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5b3d2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c5b3d2 (#c5b3d2) is rgb(197, 179, 210) in RGB.

No, #c5b3d2 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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