#cec9eb

Color #cec9eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.79 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cec9eb

RGB

rgb(206, 201, 235)

HSL

hsl(248.8, 45.9%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.8, 14.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(82.32, 8.27, -16.14)

LCH

lch(82.32, 18.14, 297.13)

OKLCH

oklch(85.1%, 0.0471, 292.05)

HWB

hwb(248.8, 78.8%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6ebc9

Analogous

#c9d5eb

#cec9eb

#dfc9eb

Triadic

#cec9eb

#ebcec9

#c9ebce

Split-complementary

#cec9eb

#ebdfc9

#d5ebc9

Tetradic

#cec9eb

#ebc9e6

#e6ebc9

#c9ebce

Square

#cec9eb

#ebc9d5

#e6ebc9

#c9ebdf

Shades

Color #cec9eb mixed toward black.

#9e94d7

#6e5fc4

#4a3b9f

#31276a

#191435

Tints

Color #cec9eb mixed toward white.

#d6d2ee

#dedbf2

#e7e4f5

#efedf8

#f7f6fc

Tones

Color #cec9eb mixed toward gray.

#d0cce8

#d2cfe5

#d4d2e3

#d6d4e0

#d8d7dd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccce3 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#cccde2 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#cedddc · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cec9eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cec9eb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#cec9eb (#cec9eb) is rgb(206, 201, 235) in RGB.

No, #cec9eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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