#cac5ef

Color #cac5ef

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.39 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cac5ef

RGB

rgb(202, 197, 239)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 56.8%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 17.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(81.14, 9.98, -20.1)

LCH

lch(81.14, 22.44, 296.41)

OKLCH

oklch(84.1%, 0.0583, 290.58)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 77.3%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaefc5

Analogous

#c5d5ef

#cac5ef

#dfc5ef

Triadic

#cac5ef

#efcac5

#c5efca

Split-complementary

#cac5ef

#efdfc5

#d5efc5

Tetradic

#cac5ef

#efc5ea

#eaefc5

#c5efca

Square

#cac5ef

#efc5d5

#eaefc5

#c5efdf

Shades

Color #cac5ef mixed toward black.

#968cdf

#6253d0

#3e2fab

#291f72

#151039

Tints

Color #cac5ef mixed toward white.

#d3cff2

#dcd8f4

#e4e2f7

#edecfa

#f6f5fc

Tones

Color #cac5ef mixed toward gray.

#cdc9ec

#cfcce8

#d2d0e5

#d5d3e1

#d7d7de

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c8e6 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#c8c9e3 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#cadedc · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cac5ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cac5ef]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#cac5ef (#cac5ef) is rgb(202, 197, 239) in RGB.

No, #cac5ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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