#c7cae1

Color #c7cae1

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-100 #e0e7ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c7cae1

RGB

rgb(199, 202, 225)

HSL

hsl(233.1, 30.2%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.1, 11.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(81.74, 3.44, -11.73)

LCH

lch(81.74, 12.22, 286.34)

OKLCH

oklch(84.4%, 0.0321, 279.7)

HWB

hwb(233.1, 78%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1dec7

Analogous

#c7d7e1

#c7cae1

#d1c7e1

Triadic

#c7cae1

#e1c7ca

#cae1c7

Split-complementary

#c7cae1

#e1d1c7

#d7e1c7

Tetradic

#c7cae1

#dec7e1

#e1dec7

#cae1c7

Square

#c7cae1

#e1c7d7

#e1dec7

#c7e1d1

Shades

Color #c7cae1 mixed toward black.

#999ec8

#6b73b0

#4a518a

#31365c

#191b2e

Tints

Color #c7cae1 mixed toward white.

#d0d3e6

#dadceb

#e3e4f0

#ecedf5

#f6f6fa

Tones

Color #c7cae1 mixed toward gray.

#c9ccdf

#cbcddd

#cdcfda

#d0d1d8

#d2d2d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c8dc · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#c8c8da · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#c7d7d6 · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 9.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c7cae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c7cae1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#c7cae1 (#c7cae1) is rgb(199, 202, 225) in RGB.

No, #c7cae1 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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