#c9ace4

Color #c9ace4

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.86 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9ace4

RGB

rgb(201, 172, 228)

HSL

hsl(271.1, 50.9%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.1, 24.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(74.52, 20.94, -24.22)

LCH

lch(74.52, 32.02, 310.85)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.0838, 308.07)

HWB

hwb(271.1, 67.5%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7e4ac

Analogous

#adace4

#c9ace4

#e4ace3

Triadic

#c9ace4

#e4c9ac

#ace4c9

Split-complementary

#c9ace4

#e3e4ac

#ace4ad

Tetradic

#c9ace4

#e4acc7

#c7e4ac

#ace4c9

Square

#c9ace4

#e4adac

#c7e4ac

#ace3e4

Shades

Color #c9ace4 mixed toward black.

#a87ad4

#8847c3

#663197

#442165

#221032

Tints

Color #c9ace4 mixed toward white.

#d2bae8

#dbc8ed

#e4d5f1

#ede3f6

#f6f1fa

Tones

Color #c9ace4 mixed toward gray.

#c9b1df

#c9b5db

#c8bad6

#c8bfd1

#c8c3cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdd8 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#bfc1d5 · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#c8cecc · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9ace4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9ace4]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#c9ace4 (#c9ace4) is rgb(201, 172, 228) in RGB.

No, #c9ace4 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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