#cbcae5

Color #cbcae5

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.03 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cbcae5

RGB

rgb(203, 202, 229)

HSL

hsl(242.2, 34.2%, 84.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.2, 11.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(82.16, 5.55, -13.2)

LCH

lch(82.16, 14.32, 292.8)

OKLCH

oklch(84.8%, 0.0373, 287.32)

HWB

hwb(242.2, 79.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e5ca

Analogous

#cad6e5

#cbcae5

#d8cae5

Triadic

#cbcae5

#e5cbca

#cae5cb

Split-complementary

#cbcae5

#e5d8ca

#d6e5ca

Tetradic

#cbcae5

#e5cae4

#e4e5ca

#cae5cb

Square

#cbcae5

#e5cad6

#e4e5ca

#cae5d8

Shades

Color #cbcae5 mixed toward black.

#9c9acd

#6c6ab6

#4a4791

#312f60

#191830

Tints

Color #cbcae5 mixed toward white.

#d4d3e9

#dcdcee

#e5e4f2

#eeedf6

#f6f6fb

Tones

Color #cbcae5 mixed toward gray.

#cdcce3

#cfcee0

#d1d1de

#d3d3dc

#d5d5da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbdf · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#cbcbdd · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#cbdad9 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 11.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cbcae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cbcae5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#cbcae5 (#cbcae5) is rgb(203, 202, 229) in RGB.

No, #cbcae5 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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