#cdc8e6

Color #cdc8e6

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 7.8 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cdc8e6

RGB

rgb(205, 200, 230)

HSL

hsl(250, 37.5%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 13%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.9%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(81.84, 7.47, -14.2)

LCH

lch(81.84, 16.04, 297.75)

OKLCH

oklch(84.6%, 0.0417, 293.18)

HWB

hwb(250, 78.4%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1e6c8

Analogous

#c8d2e6

#cdc8e6

#dcc8e6

Triadic

#cdc8e6

#e6cdc8

#c8e6cd

Split-complementary

#cdc8e6

#e6dcc8

#d2e6c8

Tetradic

#cdc8e6

#e6c8e1

#e1e6c8

#c8e6cd

Square

#cdc8e6

#e6c8d2

#e1e6c8

#c8e6dc

Shades

Color #cdc8e6 mixed toward black.

#a097d0

#7365b9

#514394

#362d63

#1b1631

Tints

Color #cdc8e6 mixed toward white.

#d5d1ea

#dedaee

#e6e3f2

#eeedf7

#f7f6fb

Tones

Color #cdc8e6 mixed toward gray.

#cfcae3

#d0cde1

#d2cfde

#d4d2dc

#d5d4d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

13:1

Black text reads better on this background (13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbdf · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#cbccde · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#cddad8 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdc8e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdc8e6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#cdc8e6 (#cdc8e6) is rgb(205, 200, 230) in RGB.

No, #cdc8e6 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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