#cac5e9

Color #cac5e9

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.18 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cac5e9

RGB

rgb(202, 197, 233)

HSL

hsl(248.3, 45%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.3, 15.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(80.95, 8.72, -17.18)

LCH

lch(80.95, 19.27, 296.91)

OKLCH

oklch(83.9%, 0.05, 291.7)

HWB

hwb(248.3, 77.3%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e9c5

Analogous

#c5d2e9

#cac5e9

#dcc5e9

Triadic

#cac5e9

#e9cac5

#c5e9ca

Split-complementary

#cac5e9

#e9dcc5

#d2e9c5

Tetradic

#cac5e9

#e9c5e4

#e4e9c5

#c5e9ca

Square

#cac5e9

#e9c5d2

#e4e9c5

#c5e9dc

Shades

Color #cac5e9 mixed toward black.

#9a91d5

#6b5dc2

#483b9c

#302768

#181434

Tints

Color #cac5e9 mixed toward white.

#d3cfed

#dcd8f0

#e4e2f4

#edecf8

#f6f5fb

Tones

Color #cac5e9 mixed toward gray.

#ccc8e6

#cecbe3

#d0cee0

#d3d1dd

#d5d4da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c8e1 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#c8c9df · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#cadad9 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cac5e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cac5e9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#cac5e9 (#cac5e9) is rgb(202, 197, 233) in RGB.

No, #cac5e9 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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