#cac8d3

Color #cac8d3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cac8d3

RGB

rgb(202, 200, 211)

HSL

hsl(250.9, 11.1%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.9, 5.2%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(81.05, 2.74, -5.22)

LCH

lch(81.05, 5.9, 297.7)

OKLCH

oklch(83.8%, 0.0153, 294.38)

HWB

hwb(250.9, 78.4%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1d3c8

Analogous

#c8ccd3

#cac8d3

#d0c8d3

Triadic

#cac8d3

#d3cac8

#c8d3ca

Split-complementary

#cac8d3

#d3d0c8

#ccd3c8

Tetradic

#cac8d3

#d3c8d1

#d1d3c8

#c8d3ca

Square

#cac8d3

#d3c8cc

#d1d3c8

#c8d3d0

Shades

Color #cac8d3 mixed toward black.

#a5a2b5

#817c96

#605b72

#403d4c

#201e26

Tints

Color #cac8d3 mixed toward white.

#d3d1da

#dcdae2

#e5e4e9

#ededf0

#f6f6f8

Tones

Color #cac8d3 mixed toward gray.

#cbc9d2

#cbcad1

#cccbd0

#cccccf

#cdcdce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9d0 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#c9c9d0 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#cacece · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cac8d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cac8d3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#cac8d3 (#cac8d3) is rgb(202, 200, 211) in RGB.

No, #cac8d3 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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