#cbb3d9

Color #cbb3d9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cbb3d9

RGB

rgb(203, 179, 217)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 33.3%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 17.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(76.04, 15.53, -15.93)

LCH

lch(76.04, 22.25, 314.27)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0589, 313.07)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 70.2%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1d9b3

Analogous

#b8b3d9

#cbb3d9

#d9b3d4

Triadic

#cbb3d9

#d9cbb3

#b3d9cb

Split-complementary

#cbb3d9

#d4d9b3

#b3d9b8

Tetradic

#cbb3d9

#d9b3c1

#c1d9b3

#b3d9cb

Square

#cbb3d9

#d9b8b3

#c1d9b3

#b3d4d9

Shades

Color #cbb3d9 mixed toward black.

#ad87c3

#8f5bad

#6c4284

#482c58

#24162c

Tints

Color #cbb3d9 mixed toward white.

#d4c0df

#dccce6

#e5d9ec

#eee6f2

#f6f2f9

Tones

Color #cbb3d9 mixed toward gray.

#cab6d6

#c9b9d3

#c8bccf

#c8c0cc

#c7c3c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1d1 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#c2c4cf · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#cacac8 · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cbb3d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cbb3d9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#cbb3d9 (#cbb3d9) is rgb(203, 179, 217) in RGB.

No, #cbb3d9 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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