#cbabd5

Color #cbabd5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.45 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cbabd5

RGB

rgb(203, 171, 213)

HSL

hsl(285.7, 33.3%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.7, 19.7%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(73.95, 19.11, -16.9)

LCH

lch(73.95, 25.51, 318.51)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0682, 318.03)

HWB

hwb(285.7, 67.1%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5d5ab

Analogous

#b6abd5

#cbabd5

#d5abca

Triadic

#cbabd5

#d5cbab

#abd5cb

Split-complementary

#cbabd5

#cad5ab

#abd5b6

Tetradic

#cbabd5

#d5abb5

#b5d5ab

#abd5cb

Square

#cbabd5

#d5b6ab

#b5d5ab

#abcad5

Shades

Color #cbabd5 mixed toward black.

#b180c0

#9656aa

#714080

#4b2b55

#26152b

Tints

Color #cbabd5 mixed toward white.

#d4b9dc

#dcc7e3

#e5d5ea

#eee3f1

#f6f1f8

Tones

Color #cbabd5 mixed toward gray.

#c9afd1

#c7b2ce

#c6b6cb

#c4b9c7

#c2bdc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebecc · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#c0c2ca · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#cac4c3 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cbabd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cbabd5]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#cbabd5 (#cbabd5) is rgb(203, 171, 213) in RGB.

No, #cbabd5 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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