#c7b9ca

Color #c7b9ca

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 6.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c7b9ca

RGB

rgb(199, 185, 202)

HSL

hsl(289.4, 13.8%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.4, 8.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(76.74, 8.03, -6.77)

LCH

lch(76.74, 10.5, 319.87)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.0282, 320.32)

HWB

hwb(289.4, 72.5%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bccab9

Analogous

#bfb9ca

#c7b9ca

#cab9c5

Triadic

#c7b9ca

#cac7b9

#b9cac7

Split-complementary

#c7b9ca

#c5cab9

#b9cabf

Tetradic

#c7b9ca

#cab9bc

#bccab9

#b9cac7

Square

#c7b9ca

#cabfb9

#bccab9

#b9c5ca

Shades

Color #c7b9ca mixed toward black.

#aa94ae

#8c7092

#69536e

#463849

#231c25

Tints

Color #c7b9ca mixed toward white.

#d0c5d3

#dad0dc

#e3dce5

#ece8ed

#f6f3f6

Tones

Color #c7b9ca mixed toward gray.

#c6bac9

#c5bcc7

#c4bdc6

#c3bfc4

#c2c0c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1c6 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#c2c3c5 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#c6c3c2 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c7b9ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c7b9ca]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#c7b9ca (#c7b9ca) is rgb(199, 185, 202) in RGB.

No, #c7b9ca 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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