#c9bad3

Color #c9bad3

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 4.48 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c9bad3

RGB

rgb(201, 186, 211)

HSL

hsl(276, 22.1%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 11.8%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(77.42, 9.9, -10.62)

LCH

lch(77.42, 14.52, 312.99)

OKLCH

oklch(80.9%, 0.0382, 312.03)

HWB

hwb(276, 72.9%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4d3ba

Analogous

#bcbad3

#c9bad3

#d3bad0

Triadic

#c9bad3

#d3c9ba

#bad3c9

Split-complementary

#c9bad3

#d0d3ba

#bad3bc

Tetradic

#c9bad3

#d3bac4

#c4d3ba

#bad3c9

Square

#c9bad3

#d3bcba

#c4d3ba

#bad0d3

Shades

Color #c9bad3 mixed toward black.

#a992b9

#8a699f

#684d79

#453451

#231a28

Tints

Color #c9bad3 mixed toward white.

#d2c5da

#dbd1e2

#e4dce9

#ede8f0

#f6f3f8

Tones

Color #c9bad3 mixed toward gray.

#c8bcd1

#c8becf

#c8c0cd

#c7c2cb

#c7c4c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3cd · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#c4c5cc · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#c8c9c8 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9bad3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9bad3]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#c9bad3 (#c9bad3) is rgb(201, 186, 211) in RGB.

No, #c9bad3 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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