#cbb7ff

Color #cbb7ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.41 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cbb7ff

RGB

rgb(203, 183, 255)

HSL

hsl(256.7, 100%, 85.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.7, 28.2%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 28.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(78.34, 21.37, -32.94)

LCH

lch(78.34, 39.26, 302.97)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.1017, 296.84)

HWB

hwb(256.7, 71.8%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebffb7

Analogous

#b7c7ff

#cbb7ff

#efb7ff

Triadic

#cbb7ff

#ffcbb7

#b7ffcb

Split-complementary

#cbb7ff

#ffefb7

#c7ffb7

Tetradic

#cbb7ff

#ffb7eb

#ebffb7

#b7ffcb

Square

#cbb7ff

#ffb7c7

#ebffb7

#b7ffef

Shades

Color #cbb7ff mixed toward black.

#966eff

#6225ff

#3d00db

#290092

#140049

Tints

Color #cbb7ff mixed toward white.

#d4c3ff

#dccfff

#e5dbff

#eee7ff

#f6f3ff

Tones

Color #cbb7ff mixed toward gray.

#cebdf9

#d0c3f3

#d3c9ed

#d6cfe7

#d8d5e1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c2f0 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#c4c5ec · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#cae4e1 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cbb7ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cbb7ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#cbb7ff (#cbb7ff) is rgb(203, 183, 255) in RGB.

No, #cbb7ff 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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