#c5b9f7

Color #c5b9f7

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c5b9f7

RGB

rgb(197, 185, 247)

HSL

hsl(251.6, 79.5%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.6, 25.1%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(78.04, 16.69, -29.14)

LCH

lch(78.04, 33.58, 299.8)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.0871, 293.27)

HWB

hwb(251.6, 72.5%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebf7b9

Analogous

#b9ccf7

#c5b9f7

#e4b9f7

Triadic

#c5b9f7

#f7c5b9

#b9f7c5

Split-complementary

#c5b9f7

#f7e4b9

#ccf7b9

Tetradic

#c5b9f7

#f7b9eb

#ebf7b9

#b9f7c5

Square

#c5b9f7

#f7b9cc

#ebf7b9

#b9f7e4

Shades

Color #c5b9f7 mixed toward black.

#8f78f0

#5a38e8

#3716c2

#250f81

#120741

Tints

Color #c5b9f7 mixed toward white.

#cfc5f8

#d8d0fa

#e2dcfb

#ece8fc

#f5f3fe

Tones

Color #c5b9f7 mixed toward gray.

#c8bef2

#cbc3ed

#cec8e7

#d2cee2

#d5d3dd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0ea · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#c1c2e7 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#c4dfdc · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 20.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5b9f7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5b9f7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#c5b9f7 (#c5b9f7) is rgb(197, 185, 247) in RGB.

No, #c5b9f7 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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