#cdbcd5

Color #cdbcd5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 3.38 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cdbcd5

RGB

rgb(205, 188, 213)

HSL

hsl(280.8, 22.9%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.8, 11.7%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(78.32, 10.55, -10.33)

LCH

lch(78.32, 14.77, 315.6)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.0392, 315)

HWB

hwb(280.8, 73.7%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4d5bc

Analogous

#c0bcd5

#cdbcd5

#d5bcd0

Triadic

#cdbcd5

#d5cdbc

#bcd5cd

Split-complementary

#cdbcd5

#d0d5bc

#bcd5c0

Tetradic

#cdbcd5

#d5bcc4

#c4d5bc

#bcd5cd

Square

#cdbcd5

#d5c0bc

#c4d5bc

#bcd0d5

Shades

Color #cdbcd5 mixed toward black.

#ae93bb

#906aa1

#6c4d7b

#483452

#241a29

Tints

Color #cdbcd5 mixed toward white.

#d5c7dc

#ded2e3

#e6ddea

#eee9f1

#f7f4f8

Tones

Color #cdbcd5 mixed toward gray.

#ccbed3

#cbc0d1

#cbc2cf

#cac4cd

#c9c6cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c6cf · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#c7c8ce · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#cccbca · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdbcd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdbcd5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#cdbcd5 (#cdbcd5) is rgb(205, 188, 213) in RGB.

No, #cdbcd5 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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