#c8b6e6

Color #c8b6e6

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.99 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c8b6e6

RGB

rgb(200, 182, 230)

HSL

hsl(262.5, 49%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.5, 20.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(76.95, 15.57, -21.62)

LCH

lch(76.95, 26.64, 305.76)

OKLCH

oklch(80.7%, 0.0693, 301.97)

HWB

hwb(262.5, 71.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4e6b6

Analogous

#b6bce6

#c8b6e6

#e0b6e6

Triadic

#c8b6e6

#e6c8b6

#b6e6c8

Split-complementary

#c8b6e6

#e6e0b6

#bce6b6

Tetradic

#c8b6e6

#e6b6d4

#d4e6b6

#b6e6c8

Square

#c8b6e6

#e6b6bc

#d4e6b6

#b6e6e0

Shades

Color #c8b6e6 mixed toward black.

#a183d5

#7b50c3

#5a3599

#3c2366

#1e1233

Tints

Color #c8b6e6 mixed toward white.

#d1c2ea

#daceee

#e4dbf3

#ede7f7

#f6f3fb

Tones

Color #c8b6e6 mixed toward gray.

#c9bae2

#cabede

#cbc2da

#ccc6d6

#cdcad2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0dc · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#c2c3d9 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#c7d3d1 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 18.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c8b6e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8b6e6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#c8b6e6 (#c8b6e6) is rgb(200, 182, 230) in RGB.

No, #c8b6e6 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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