#c6acc8

Color #c6acc8

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c6acc8

RGB

rgb(198, 172, 200)

HSL

hsl(295.7, 20.3%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(295.7, 14%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(73.34, 14.37, -10.75)

LCH

lch(73.34, 17.95, 323.2)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0486, 323.79)

HWB

hwb(295.7, 67.5%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aec8ac

Analogous

#b8acc8

#c6acc8

#c8acbc

Triadic

#c6acc8

#c8c6ac

#acc8c6

Split-complementary

#c6acc8

#bcc8ac

#acc8b8

Tetradic

#c6acc8

#c8acae

#aec8ac

#acc8c6

Square

#c6acc8

#c8b8ac

#aec8ac

#acbcc8

Shades

Color #c6acc8 mixed toward black.

#ac87af

#916395

#6d4a70

#49314b

#241925

Tints

Color #c6acc8 mixed toward white.

#cfbad1

#d9c8da

#e2d5e3

#ece3ed

#f5f1f6

Tones

Color #c6acc8 mixed toward gray.

#c4aec6

#c2b1c3

#c0b3c1

#beb5bf

#bcb8bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbc2 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#bdbfc0 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#c5bdbb · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c6acc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c6acc8]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#c6acc8 (#c6acc8) is rgb(198, 172, 200) in RGB.

No, #c6acc8 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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