#cbc9de

Color #cbc9de

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.47 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cbc9de

RGB

rgb(203, 201, 222)

HSL

hsl(245.7, 24.1%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.7, 9.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(81.7, 4.68, -10.15)

LCH

lch(81.7, 11.18, 294.75)

OKLCH

oklch(84.4%, 0.0291, 290.12)

HWB

hwb(245.7, 78.8%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcdec9

Analogous

#c9d1de

#cbc9de

#d5c9de

Triadic

#cbc9de

#decbc9

#c9decb

Split-complementary

#cbc9de

#ded5c9

#d1dec9

Tetradic

#cbc9de

#dec9dc

#dcdec9

#c9decb

Square

#cbc9de

#dec9d1

#dcdec9

#c9ded5

Shades

Color #cbc9de mixed toward black.

#a19dc3

#7771a8

#555083

#393557

#1c1b2c

Tints

Color #cbc9de mixed toward white.

#d4d2e3

#dcdbe9

#e5e4ee

#eeedf4

#f6f6f9

Tones

Color #cbc9de mixed toward gray.

#cccbdc

#ceccda

#cfced9

#d1d0d7

#d2d2d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacad9 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#cacad8 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#cbd5d4 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cbc9de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cbc9de]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#cbc9de (#cbc9de) is rgb(203, 201, 222) in RGB.

No, #cbc9de 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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