#cac9d2

Color #cac9d2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Light Gray #d3d3d3 · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cac9d2

RGB

rgb(202, 201, 210)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 9.1%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 4.3%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(81.28, 2.02, -4.35)

LCH

lch(81.28, 4.8, 294.91)

OKLCH

oklch(83.9%, 0.0124, 291.2)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 78.8%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1d2c9

Analogous

#c9cdd2

#cac9d2

#cfc9d2

Triadic

#cac9d2

#d2cac9

#c9d2ca

Split-complementary

#cac9d2

#d2cfc9

#cdd2c9

Tetradic

#cac9d2

#d2c9d1

#d1d2c9

#c9d2ca

Square

#cac9d2

#d2c9cd

#d1d2c9

#c9d2cf

Shades

Color #cac9d2 mixed toward black.

#a5a4b3

#817e94

#605d70

#403e4b

#201f25

Tints

Color #cac9d2 mixed toward white.

#d3d2da

#dcdbe1

#e5e4e9

#ededf0

#f6f6f8

Tones

Color #cac9d2 mixed toward gray.

#cbcad1

#cbcbd1

#cccbd0

#cccccf

#cdcdce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacad0 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#cacacf · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#cacece · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cac9d2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cac9d2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#cac9d2 (#cac9d2) is rgb(202, 201, 210) in RGB.

No, #cac9d2 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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