#c6a5cf

Color #c6a5cf

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.88 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c6a5cf

RGB

rgb(198, 165, 207)

HSL

hsl(287.1, 30.4%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.1, 20.3%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(71.84, 19.56, -16.84)

LCH

lch(71.84, 25.81, 319.27)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.0691, 318.93)

HWB

hwb(287.1, 64.7%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aecfa5

Analogous

#b1a5cf

#c6a5cf

#cfa5c3

Triadic

#c6a5cf

#cfc6a5

#a5cfc6

Split-complementary

#c6a5cf

#c3cfa5

#a5cfb1

Tetradic

#c6a5cf

#cfa5ae

#aecfa5

#a5cfc6

Square

#c6a5cf

#cfb1a5

#aecfa5

#a5c3cf

Shades

Color #c6a5cf mixed toward black.

#ac7cb9

#9156a2

#6d4179

#492b51

#241628

Tints

Color #c6a5cf mixed toward white.

#cfb4d7

#d9c3df

#e2d2e7

#ece1ef

#f5f0f7

Tones

Color #c6a5cf mixed toward gray.

#c4a8cb

#c2acc8

#c0afc4

#beb3c1

#bcb6bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b8c6 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#bbbdc4 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#c5bebd · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c6a5cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c6a5cf]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#c6a5cf (#c6a5cf) is rgb(198, 165, 207) in RGB.

No, #c6a5cf 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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