#cabad8

Color #cabad8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 4.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cabad8

RGB

rgb(202, 186, 216)

HSL

hsl(272, 27.8%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272, 13.9%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(77.66, 11.21, -12.97)

LCH

lch(77.66, 17.14, 310.84)

OKLCH

oklch(81.2%, 0.0451, 309.24)

HWB

hwb(272, 72.9%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8d8ba

Analogous

#bbbad8

#cabad8

#d8bad7

Triadic

#cabad8

#d8caba

#bad8ca

Split-complementary

#cabad8

#d7d8ba

#bad8bb

Tetradic

#cabad8

#d8bac8

#c8d8ba

#bad8ca

Square

#cabad8

#d8bbba

#c8d8ba

#bad7d8

Shades

Color #cabad8 mixed toward black.

#a98fc0

#8864a8

#664980

#443056

#22182b

Tints

Color #cabad8 mixed toward white.

#d3c5de

#dcd1e5

#e4dceb

#ede8f2

#f6f3f8

Tones

Color #cabad8 mixed toward gray.

#cabcd5

#cabfd3

#c9c1d0

#c9c4ce

#c9c6cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3d1 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#c4c5d0 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#c9ccca · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cabad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cabad8]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#cabad8 (#cabad8) is rgb(202, 186, 216) in RGB.

No, #cabad8 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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