#cdc8eb

Color #cdc8eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cdc8eb

RGB

rgb(205, 200, 235)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 46.7%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 14.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(81.99, 8.49, -16.64)

LCH

lch(81.99, 18.68, 297.03)

OKLCH

oklch(84.8%, 0.0486, 291.87)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 78.4%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6ebc8

Analogous

#c8d4eb

#cdc8eb

#dfc8eb

Triadic

#cdc8eb

#ebcdc8

#c8ebcd

Split-complementary

#cdc8eb

#ebdfc8

#d4ebc8

Tetradic

#cdc8eb

#ebc8e6

#e6ebc8

#c8ebcd

Square

#cdc8eb

#ebc8d4

#e6ebc8

#c8ebdf

Shades

Color #cdc8eb mixed toward black.

#9d93d8

#6c5ec4

#493aa0

#30276a

#181335

Tints

Color #cdc8eb mixed toward white.

#d5d1ee

#dedaf2

#e6e4f5

#eeedf8

#f7f6fc

Tones

Color #cdc8eb mixed toward gray.

#cfcbe8

#d1cee5

#d3d1e2

#d5d4df

#d7d7dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbe3 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#cbcce1 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#cddddb · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdc8eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdc8eb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#cdc8eb (#cdc8eb) is rgb(205, 200, 235) in RGB.

No, #cdc8eb 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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