#cecbd9

Color #cecbd9

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Gray #d3d3d3 · ΔE 7.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cecbd9

RGB

rgb(206, 203, 217)

HSL

hsl(252.9, 15.6%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.9, 6.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(82.29, 3.64, -6.57)

LCH

lch(82.29, 7.51, 298.99)

OKLCH

oklch(84.9%, 0.0195, 295.91)

HWB

hwb(252.9, 79.6%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6d9cb

Analogous

#cbcfd9

#cecbd9

#d5cbd9

Triadic

#cecbd9

#d9cecb

#cbd9ce

Split-complementary

#cecbd9

#d9d5cb

#cfd9cb

Tetradic

#cecbd9

#d9cbd6

#d6d9cb

#cbd9ce

Square

#cecbd9

#d9cbcf

#d6d9cb

#cbd9d5

Shades

Color #cecbd9 mixed toward black.

#a8a3bc

#827a9e

#605979

#403b51

#201e28

Tints

Color #cecbd9 mixed toward white.

#d6d4df

#dedce6

#e7e5ec

#efeef2

#f7f6f9

Tones

Color #cecbd9 mixed toward gray.

#cfccd8

#cfcdd7

#d0cfd6

#d1d0d4

#d1d1d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcdd6 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#cdcdd5 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#ced3d3 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cecbd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cecbd9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#cecbd9 (#cecbd9) is rgb(206, 203, 217) in RGB.

No, #cecbd9 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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