#c8cae6

Color #c8cae6

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.11 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#c8cae6

RGB

rgb(200, 202, 230)

HSL

hsl(236, 37.5%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236, 13%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 12.2%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(81.96, 4.79, -14.05)

LCH

lch(81.96, 14.84, 288.83)

OKLCH

oklch(84.6%, 0.0389, 282.32)

HWB

hwb(236, 78.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e4c8

Analogous

#c8d9e6

#c8cae6

#d5c8e6

Triadic

#c8cae6

#e6c8ca

#cae6c8

Split-complementary

#c8cae6

#e6d5c8

#d9e6c8

Tetradic

#c8cae6

#e4c8e6

#e6e4c8

#cae6c8

Square

#c8cae6

#e6c8d9

#e6e4c8

#c8e6d5

Shades

Color #c8cae6 mixed toward black.

#979ad0

#656bb9

#434994

#2d3063

#161831

Tints

Color #c8cae6 mixed toward white.

#d1d3ea

#dadcee

#e3e4f2

#ededf7

#f6f6fb

Tones

Color #c8cae6 mixed toward gray.

#cacce3

#cdcee1

#cfd0de

#d2d3dc

#d4d5d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9e0 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#c9c9de · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#c8dad9 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 11.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c8cae6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8cae6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#c8cae6 (#c8cae6) is rgb(200, 202, 230) in RGB.

No, #c8cae6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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