#c8cdf1

Color #c8cdf1

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.75 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c8cdf1

RGB

rgb(200, 205, 241)

HSL

hsl(232.7, 59.4%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.7, 17%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(83.07, 5.5, -18.26)

LCH

lch(83.07, 19.07, 286.76)

OKLCH

oklch(85.6%, 0.0502, 279.05)

HWB

hwb(232.7, 78.4%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1ecc8

Analogous

#c8e2f1

#c8cdf1

#d8c8f1

Triadic

#c8cdf1

#f1c8cd

#cdf1c8

Split-complementary

#c8cdf1

#f1d8c8

#e2f1c8

Tetradic

#c8cdf1

#ecc8f1

#f1ecc8

#cdf1c8

Square

#c8cdf1

#f1c8e2

#f1ecc8

#c8f1d8

Shades

Color #c8cdf1 mixed toward black.

#8e98e2

#5363d3

#2d3db0

#1e2875

#0f143b

Tints

Color #c8cdf1 mixed toward white.

#d1d5f3

#dadef6

#e4e6f8

#edeefa

#f6f7fd

Tones

Color #c8cdf1 mixed toward gray.

#ccd0ee

#cfd2ea

#d2d5e7

#d6d7e3

#d9dae0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacae9 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#cacae7 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#c8e2e1 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 13.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c8cdf1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8cdf1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#c8cdf1 (#c8cdf1) is rgb(200, 205, 241) in RGB.

No, #c8cdf1 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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