#c5bfea

Color #c5bfea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.68 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c5bfea

RGB

rgb(197, 191, 234)

HSL

hsl(248.4, 50.6%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.4, 18.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(79.08, 10.58, -20.56)

LCH

lch(79.08, 23.12, 297.23)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.0602, 291.45)

HWB

hwb(248.4, 74.9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4eabf

Analogous

#bfceea

#c5bfea

#dabfea

Triadic

#c5bfea

#eac5bf

#bfeac5

Split-complementary

#c5bfea

#eadabf

#ceeabf

Tetradic

#c5bfea

#eabfe4

#e4eabf

#bfeac5

Square

#c5bfea

#eabfce

#e4eabf

#bfeada

Shades

Color #c5bfea mixed toward black.

#958ad8

#6454c7

#4434a0

#2d236b

#171135

Tints

Color #c5bfea mixed toward white.

#cfcaed

#d8d4f1

#e2dff4

#eceaf8

#f5f4fb

Tones

Color #c5bfea mixed toward gray.

#c7c2e6

#cac6e3

#cdcadf

#cfcddc

#d2d1d8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c2e1 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#c3c3de · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#c5d9d7 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5bfea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5bfea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#c5bfea (#c5bfea) is rgb(197, 191, 234) in RGB.

No, #c5bfea 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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