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#C8BBD7

#c8bbd7 ≈ Thistle

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8bbd7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 73.33% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.98% cyan, 13.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 267.86°, with 25.93% saturation and 78.82% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5273

Complementary

  1. #c8bbd7
  2. #cad7bb

Split complementary

  1. #c8bbd7
  2. #d7d6bb
  3. #bcd7bb

Analogous

  1. #bbbcd7
  2. #c8bbd7
  3. #d6bbd7

Triadic

  1. #c8bbd7
  2. #d7c8bb
  3. #bbd7c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bbd7
  2. #d7bbca
  3. #cad7bb
  4. #bbd7c8

Square

  1. #c8bbd7
  2. #d7bbbc
  3. #cad7bb
  4. #bbd7d6

Monochromatic

  1. #7a5c9d
  2. #a18bbb
  3. #c8bbd7
  4. #efebf3
  5. #f5f2f7

Shades

#c8bbd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bbd7
  2. #b4a8c2
  3. #a096ac
  4. #8c8397
  5. #787081
  6. #645e6c
  7. #504b56
  8. #3c3841
  9. #28252b
  10. #141316
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bbd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bbd7
  2. #cec2db
  3. #d3c9df
  4. #d9cfe3
  5. #ded6e7
  6. #e4ddeb
  7. #e9e4ef
  8. #efebf3
  9. #f4f1f7
  10. #faf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bbd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bbd7
  2. #c1b5ce
  3. #baafc6
  4. #b2a9bd
  5. #aba3b4
  6. #a49eac
  7. #9d98a3
  8. #96929a
  9. #8e8c91
  10. #878689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3beca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c0d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c0d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6bec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bebed8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfbed6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7bdcc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bbd7 {
  color: #c8bbd7;
}
Background
.bg-c8bbd7 {
  background-color: #c8bbd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bbd7 {
  border: 2px solid #c8bbd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bbd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 187 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 26% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bbd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bbd7, #d6bbd7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bbd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 187 215 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 4.41 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 4.79 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.31 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.94 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.09 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.66 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.68 #374428 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Thistle
#c8bbd7  rgb(200, 187, 215)  hsl(268, 26%, 79%)  Thistle
#cad7bb  rgb(202, 215, 187)  hsl(88, 26%, 79%)  Tea Green
#d7c8bb  rgb(215, 200, 187)  hsl(28, 26%, 79%)  Bone
#bbd7c8  rgb(187, 215, 200)  hsl(148, 26%, 79%)  Opal