#ccb9e7

Color #ccb9e7

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ccb9e7

RGB

rgb(204, 185, 231)

HSL

hsl(264.8, 48.9%, 81.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.8, 19.9%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(78.05, 15.43, -20.45)

LCH

lch(78.05, 25.62, 307.04)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.0668, 303.76)

HWB

hwb(264.8, 72.5%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4e7b9

Analogous

#b9bde7

#ccb9e7

#e3b9e7

Triadic

#ccb9e7

#e7ccb9

#b9e7cc

Split-complementary

#ccb9e7

#e7e3b9

#bde7b9

Tetradic

#ccb9e7

#e7b9d4

#d4e7b9

#b9e7cc

Square

#ccb9e7

#e7b9bd

#d4e7b9

#b9e7e3

Shades

Color #ccb9e7 mixed toward black.

#a685d5

#8152c4

#5f359b

#3f2367

#201234

Tints

Color #ccb9e7 mixed toward white.

#d5c5eb

#ddd0ef

#e6dcf3

#eee8f7

#f7f3fb

Tones

Color #ccb9e7 mixed toward gray.

#cdbde3

#cdc1df

#cec5dc

#cfc8d8

#cfccd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c4c4dd · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#c5c7db · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#cbd5d3 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 18

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ccb9e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ccb9e7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#ccb9e7 (#ccb9e7) is rgb(204, 185, 231) in RGB.

No, #ccb9e7 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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