#cac4ce

Color #cac4ce

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.18 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cac4ce

RGB

rgb(202, 196, 206)

HSL

hsl(276, 9.3%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 4.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(79.89, 3.92, -4.25)

LCH

lch(79.89, 5.78, 312.69)

OKLCH

oklch(82.8%, 0.0152, 312.07)

HWB

hwb(276, 76.9%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8cec4

Analogous

#c5c4ce

#cac4ce

#cec4cd

Triadic

#cac4ce

#cecac4

#c4ceca

Split-complementary

#cac4ce

#cdcec4

#c4cec5

Tetradic

#cac4ce

#cec4c8

#c8cec4

#c4ceca

Square

#cac4ce

#cec5c4

#c8cec4

#c4cdce

Shades

Color #cac4ce mixed toward black.

#a99fb0

#887b91

#665b6e

#443d49

#221e25

Tints

Color #cac4ce mixed toward white.

#d3ced6

#dcd8de

#e4e1e6

#edebef

#f6f5f7

Tones

Color #cac4ce mixed toward gray.

#cac5cd

#cac6cc

#c9c6cb

#c9c7cb

#c9c8ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7cc · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#c8c8cb · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#cacac9 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cac4ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cac4ce]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cac4ce (#cac4ce) is rgb(202, 196, 206) in RGB.

No, #cac4ce 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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