#cec8eb

Color #cec8eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.75 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cec8eb

RGB

rgb(206, 200, 235)

HSL

hsl(250.3, 46.7%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.3, 14.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(82.07, 8.81, -16.52)

LCH

lch(82.07, 18.72, 298.07)

OKLCH

oklch(84.9%, 0.0486, 293.24)

HWB

hwb(250.3, 78.4%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ebc8

Analogous

#c8d4eb

#cec8eb

#e0c8eb

Triadic

#cec8eb

#ebcec8

#c8ebce

Split-complementary

#cec8eb

#ebe0c8

#d4ebc8

Tetradic

#cec8eb

#ebc8e5

#e5ebc8

#c8ebce

Square

#cec8eb

#ebc8d4

#e5ebc8

#c8ebe0

Shades

Color #cec8eb mixed toward black.

#9f93d8

#6f5ec4

#4b3aa0

#32276a

#191335

Tints

Color #cec8eb mixed toward white.

#d6d1ee

#dedaf2

#e7e4f5

#efedf8

#f7f6fc

Tones

Color #cec8eb mixed toward gray.

#d0cbe8

#d2cee5

#d4d1e2

#d6d4df

#d8d7dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbe3 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#cccce1 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#cedddb · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cec8eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cec8eb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#cec8eb (#cec8eb) is rgb(206, 200, 235) in RGB.

No, #cec8eb 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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