#c8b8ed

Color #c8b8ed

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#c8b8ed

RGB

rgb(200, 184, 237)

HSL

hsl(258.1, 59.6%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.1, 22.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(77.68, 15.97, -24.29)

LCH

lch(77.68, 29.07, 303.32)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.0755, 298.57)

HWB

hwb(258.1, 72.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddedb8

Analogous

#b8c2ed

#c8b8ed

#e2b8ed

Triadic

#c8b8ed

#edc8b8

#b8edc8

Split-complementary

#c8b8ed

#ede2b8

#c2edb8

Tetradic

#c8b8ed

#edb8dd

#ddedb8

#b8edc8

Square

#c8b8ed

#edb8c2

#ddedb8

#b8ede2

Shades

Color #c8b8ed mixed toward black.

#9c80df

#7148d1

#502aa8

#361c70

#1b0e38

Tints

Color #c8b8ed mixed toward white.

#d1c4f0

#dad0f3

#e3dbf6

#ede7f9

#f6f3fc

Tones

Color #c8b8ed mixed toward gray.

#cabce9

#cbc1e4

#cdc5e0

#cfcadb

#d1ced7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1e2 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#c2c3df · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#c7d8d6 · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8b8ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8b8ed]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#c8b8ed (#c8b8ed) is rgb(200, 184, 237) in RGB.

No, #c8b8ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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