#c8bbed

Color #c8bbed

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c8bbed

RGB

rgb(200, 187, 237)

HSL

hsl(255.6, 58.1%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.6, 21.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(78.42, 14.34, -23.16)

LCH

lch(78.42, 27.24, 301.76)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.0707, 296.75)

HWB

hwb(255.6, 73.3%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0edbb

Analogous

#bbc7ed

#c8bbed

#e1bbed

Triadic

#c8bbed

#edc8bb

#bbedc8

Split-complementary

#c8bbed

#ede1bb

#c7edbb

Tetradic

#c8bbed

#edbbe0

#e0edbb

#bbedc8

Square

#c8bbed

#edbbc7

#e0edbb

#bbede1

Shades

Color #c8bbed mixed toward black.

#9b83de

#6e4bcf

#4c2ca8

#331e70

#190f38

Tints

Color #c8bbed mixed toward white.

#d1c6f0

#dad2f3

#e3ddf6

#ede8f9

#f6f4fc

Tones

Color #c8bbed mixed toward gray.

#cabfe9

#ccc3e5

#cec7e0

#d0ccdc

#d2d0d8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c2e2 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#c3c4e0 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#c7d9d7 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8bbed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8bbed]

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

#c8bbed (#c8bbed) is rgb(200, 187, 237) in RGB.

No, #c8bbed 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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