#cbbece

Color #cbbece

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 6.63 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cbbece

RGB

rgb(203, 190, 206)

HSL

hsl(288.7, 14%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.7, 7.8%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(78.45, 7.47, -6.37)

LCH

lch(78.45, 9.82, 319.54)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.0263, 319.94)

HWB

hwb(288.7, 74.5%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1cebe

Analogous

#c3bece

#cbbece

#cebec9

Triadic

#cbbece

#cecbbe

#bececb

Split-complementary

#cbbece

#c9cebe

#becec3

Tetradic

#cbbece

#cebec1

#c1cebe

#bececb

Square

#cbbece

#cec3be

#c1cebe

#bec9ce

Shades

Color #cbbece mixed toward black.

#ad98b2

#8f7395

#6c5571

#48394b

#241c26

Tints

Color #cbbece mixed toward white.

#d4c9d6

#dcd4de

#e5dee6

#eee9ef

#f6f4f7

Tones

Color #cbbece mixed toward gray.

#cabfcd

#c9c1cb

#c8c2ca

#c8c3c9

#c7c5c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c5ca · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#c6c7c9 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#cac7c7 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 10

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cbbece;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cbbece]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#cbbece (#cbbece) is rgb(203, 190, 206) in RGB.

No, #cbbece 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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