#c8b7ce

Color #c8b7ce

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 4.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c8b7ce

RGB

rgb(200, 183, 206)

HSL

hsl(284.3, 19%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.3, 11.2%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(76.44, 10.22, -9.38)

LCH

lch(76.44, 13.87, 317.45)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.037, 317.3)

HWB

hwb(284.3, 71.8%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdceb7

Analogous

#bdb7ce

#c8b7ce

#ceb7c9

Triadic

#c8b7ce

#cec8b7

#b7cec8

Split-complementary

#c8b7ce

#c9ceb7

#b7cebd

Tetradic

#c8b7ce

#ceb7bd

#bdceb7

#b7cec8

Square

#c8b7ce

#cebdb7

#bdceb7

#b7c9ce

Shades

Color #c8b7ce mixed toward black.

#ab90b4

#8d6a9a

#6a4f74

#47354d

#231a27

Tints

Color #c8b7ce mixed toward white.

#d1c3d6

#dacfde

#e4dbe7

#ede7ef

#f6f3f7

Tones

Color #c8b7ce mixed toward gray.

#c7b9cc

#c6bbca

#c5bdc8

#c4bfc6

#c3c1c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1c9 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#c2c3c7 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#c7c4c4 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 12.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c8b7ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8b7ce]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c8b7ce (#c8b7ce) is rgb(200, 183, 206) in RGB.

No, #c8b7ce 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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