#c5b6ce

Color #c5b6ce

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 5.49 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c5b6ce

RGB

rgb(197, 182, 206)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 19.7%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 11.7%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(75.94, 9.74, -10.16)

LCH

lch(75.94, 14.07, 313.79)

OKLCH

oklch(79.6%, 0.0372, 313.04)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 71.4%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfceb6

Analogous

#b9b6ce

#c5b6ce

#ceb6cb

Triadic

#c5b6ce

#cec5b6

#b6cec5

Split-complementary

#c5b6ce

#cbceb6

#b6ceb9

Tetradic

#c5b6ce

#ceb6bf

#bfceb6

#b6cec5

Square

#c5b6ce

#ceb9b6

#bfceb6

#b6cbce

Shades

Color #c5b6ce mixed toward black.

#a68fb4

#88699a

#664e74

#44344d

#221a27

Tints

Color #c5b6ce mixed toward white.

#cfc2d6

#d8cede

#e2dbe7

#ece7ef

#f5f3f7

Tones

Color #c5b6ce mixed toward gray.

#c5b8cc

#c4baca

#c4bcc8

#c3bec6

#c3c0c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfc9 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#c0c1c7 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#c4c4c3 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 12.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5b6ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5b6ce]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c5b6ce (#c5b6ce) is rgb(197, 182, 206) in RGB.

No, #c5b6ce 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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