#c8a6da

Color #c8a6da

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c8a6da

RGB

rgb(200, 166, 218)

HSL

hsl(279.2, 41.3%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.2, 23.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(72.64, 21.86, -21.65)

LCH

lch(72.64, 30.77, 315.28)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0815, 313.81)

HWB

hwb(279.2, 65.1%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8daa6

Analogous

#aea6da

#c8a6da

#daa6d2

Triadic

#c8a6da

#dac8a6

#a6dac8

Split-complementary

#c8a6da

#d2daa6

#a6daae

Tetradic

#c8a6da

#daa6b8

#b8daa6

#a6dac8

Square

#c8a6da

#daaea6

#b8daa6

#a6d2da

Shades

Color #c8a6da mixed toward black.

#ac79c7

#904cb4

#6c3888

#48265a

#24132d

Tints

Color #c8a6da mixed toward white.

#d1b5e0

#dac4e6

#e3d3ed

#ede1f3

#f6f0f9

Tones

Color #c8a6da mixed toward gray.

#c7aad6

#c5afd1

#c4b3cd

#c3b7c9

#c1bcc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babacf · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#bcbfcc · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#c6c6c4 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8a6da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8a6da]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c8a6da (#c8a6da) is rgb(200, 166, 218) in RGB.

No, #c8a6da 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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