#c5bad9

Color #c5bad9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c5bad9

RGB

rgb(197, 186, 217)

HSL

hsl(261.3, 29%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.3, 14.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(77.28, 9.75, -14.12)

LCH

lch(77.28, 17.16, 304.63)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.0447, 301.56)

HWB

hwb(261.3, 72.9%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ced9ba

Analogous

#babed9

#c5bad9

#d4bad9

Triadic

#c5bad9

#d9c5ba

#bad9c5

Split-complementary

#c5bad9

#d9d4ba

#bed9ba

Tetradic

#c5bad9

#d9bace

#ced9ba

#bad9c5

Square

#c5bad9

#d9babe

#ced9ba

#bad9d4

Shades

Color #c5bad9 mixed toward black.

#a18fc1

#7c63a9

#5c4882

#3e3057

#1f182b

Tints

Color #c5bad9 mixed toward white.

#cfc5df

#d8d1e6

#e2dcec

#ece8f2

#f5f3f9

Tones

Color #c5bad9 mixed toward gray.

#c6bdd6

#c6bfd4

#c7c2d1

#c8c4cf

#c9c7cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0d2 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#c1c2d0 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#c4cccb · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 13.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5bad9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5bad9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#c5bad9 (#c5bad9) is rgb(197, 186, 217) in RGB.

No, #c5bad9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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