#c9c5ec

Color #c9c5ec

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c9c5ec

RGB

rgb(201, 197, 236)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 50.6%, 84.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 16.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(80.96, 9.03, -18.76)

LCH

lch(80.96, 20.82, 295.7)

OKLCH

oklch(83.9%, 0.0541, 289.87)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 77.3%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8ecc5

Analogous

#c5d4ec

#c9c5ec

#ddc5ec

Triadic

#c9c5ec

#ecc9c5

#c5ecc9

Split-complementary

#c9c5ec

#ecddc5

#d4ecc5

Tetradic

#c9c5ec

#ecc5e8

#e8ecc5

#c5ecc9

Square

#c9c5ec

#ecc5d4

#e8ecc5

#c5ecdd

Shades

Color #c9c5ec mixed toward black.

#968fda

#6458c8

#4135a3

#2b246d

#161236

Tints

Color #c9c5ec mixed toward white.

#d2cfef

#dbd8f2

#e4e2f5

#edecf9

#f6f5fc

Tones

Color #c9c5ec mixed toward gray.

#ccc8e9

#cecce5

#d1cfe2

#d3d2df

#d6d5dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7e3 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#c8c8e1 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#c9dcdb · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 15.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9c5ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9c5ec]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#c9c5ec (#c9c5ec) is rgb(201, 197, 236) in RGB.

No, #c9c5ec 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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