#ca9cad

Color #ca9cad

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class rose-300 #ffa1ad · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ca9cad

RGB

rgb(202, 156, 173)

HSL

hsl(337.8, 30.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(337.8, 22.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 14.4%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(69.01, 19.76, -2.21)

LCH

lch(69.01, 19.88, 353.62)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.059, 354.55)

HWB

hwb(337.8, 61.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ccab9

Analogous

#ca9cc4

#ca9cad

#caa29c

Triadic

#ca9cad

#adca9c

#9cadca

Split-complementary

#ca9cad

#9ccaa2

#9cc4ca

Tetradic

#ca9cad

#cab99c

#9ccab9

#9cadca

Square

#ca9cad

#c4ca9c

#9ccab9

#a29cca

Shades

Color #ca9cad mixed toward black.

#b5758d

#9c536e

#753e52

#4e2a37

#27151b

Tints

Color #ca9cad mixed toward white.

#d3acbb

#dcbdc8

#e5cdd6

#eddee4

#f6eef1

Tones

Color #ca9cad mixed toward gray.

#c6a0ae

#c2a4af

#bfa7b0

#bbabb1

#b7afb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8a9 · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#babea8 · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#c8a6a5 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ca9cad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca9cad]

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Deep Pink #ff1493

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#ca9cad (#ca9cad) is rgb(202, 156, 173) in RGB.

No, #ca9cad 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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