#c8b5c5

Color #c8b5c5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 6.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c8b5c5

RGB

rgb(200, 181, 197)

HSL

hsl(309.5, 14.7%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.5, 9.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 1.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(75.67, 9.61, -5.62)

LCH

lch(75.67, 11.13, 329.68)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0308, 331.02)

HWB

hwb(309.5, 71%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5c8b8

Analogous

#c1b5c8

#c8b5c5

#c8b5bb

Triadic

#c8b5c5

#c5c8b5

#b5c5c8

Split-complementary

#c8b5c5

#bbc8b5

#b5c8c1

Tetradic

#c8b5c5

#c8b8b5

#b5c8b8

#b5c5c8

Square

#c8b5c5

#c8c1b5

#b5c8b8

#b5bbc8

Shades

Color #c8b5c5 mixed toward black.

#ad91a8

#926c8c

#6d5169

#493646

#241b23

Tints

Color #c8b5c5 mixed toward white.

#d1c1cf

#daced8

#e3dae2

#ede6ec

#f6f3f5

Tones

Color #c8b5c5 mixed toward gray.

#c6b7c4

#c5b8c3

#c3bac2

#c2bbc1

#c0bdc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0c1 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#c1c3c0 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#c7bebe · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 11.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c8b5c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8b5c5]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#c8b5c5 (#c8b5c5) is rgb(200, 181, 197) in RGB.

No, #c8b5c5 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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