#c6b9ff

Color #c6b9ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.23 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c6b9ff

RGB

rgb(198, 185, 255)

HSL

hsl(251.1, 100%, 86.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.1, 27.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(78.42, 18.79, -32.85)

LCH

lch(78.42, 37.84, 299.77)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.098, 292.62)

HWB

hwb(251.1, 72.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f2ffb9

Analogous

#b9cfff

#c6b9ff

#e9b9ff

Triadic

#c6b9ff

#ffc6b9

#b9ffc6

Split-complementary

#c6b9ff

#ffe9b9

#cfffb9

Tetradic

#c6b9ff

#ffb9f2

#f2ffb9

#b9ffc6

Square

#c6b9ff

#ffb9cf

#f2ffb9

#b9ffe9

Shades

Color #c6b9ff mixed toward black.

#8a70ff

#4e26ff

#2900dc

#1b0093

#0e0049

Tints

Color #c6b9ff mixed toward white.

#d0c5ff

#d9d0ff

#e3dcff

#ece8ff

#f6f3ff

Tones

Color #c6b9ff mixed toward gray.

#cabff9

#cdc5f3

#d1cbee

#d5d0e8

#d8d6e2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c0f0 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#c1c2ed · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#c5e4e1 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c6b9ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c6b9ff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#c6b9ff (#c6b9ff) is rgb(198, 185, 255) in RGB.

No, #c6b9ff 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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