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#C8BBD8

#c8bbd8 ≈ Thistle

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8bbd8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.41% cyan, 13.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 266.9°, with 27.1% saturation and 79.02% 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 11.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 4.51.

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Relative luminance0.5278

Complementary

  1. #c8bbd8
  2. #cbd8bb

Split complementary

  1. #c8bbd8
  2. #d8d7bb
  3. #bdd8bb

Analogous

  1. #bbbdd8
  2. #c8bbd8
  3. #d7bbd8

Triadic

  1. #c8bbd8
  2. #d8c8bb
  3. #bbd8c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bbd8
  2. #d8bbcb
  3. #cbd8bb
  4. #bbd8c8

Square

  1. #c8bbd8
  2. #d8bbbd
  3. #cbd8bb
  4. #bbd8d7

Monochromatic

  1. #7a5b9f
  2. #a18abc
  3. #c8bbd8
  4. #efecf4
  5. #f5f2f8

Shades

#c8bbd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bbd8
  2. #b4a8c2
  3. #a096ad
  4. #8c8397
  5. #787082
  6. #645e6c
  7. #504b56
  8. #3c3841
  9. #28252b
  10. #141316
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bbd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bbd8
  2. #cec2dc
  3. #d3c9e0
  4. #d9cfe4
  5. #ded6e8
  6. #e4ddec
  7. #e9e4ef
  8. #efebf3
  9. #f4f1f7
  10. #faf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bbd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bbd8
  2. #c1b5cf
  3. #baafc6
  4. #b2a9be
  5. #aba3b5
  6. #a49eac
  7. #9d98a3
  8. #96929a
  9. #8e8c92
  10. #878689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3beca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6c0d9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c0d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6bfc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bebed9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfbed7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7bdcd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bbd8 {
  color: #c8bbd8;
}
Background
.bg-c8bbd8 {
  background-color: #c8bbd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bbd8 {
  border: 2px solid #c8bbd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bbd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 187 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 27% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bbd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bbd8, #d7bbd8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bbd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 187 216 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 4.51 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.00 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.40 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.85 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.86 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.60 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.71 #374427 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Thistle
#c8bbd8  rgb(200, 187, 216)  hsl(267, 27%, 79%)  Thistle
#cbd8bb  rgb(203, 216, 187)  hsl(87, 27%, 79%)  Tea Green
#d8c8bb  rgb(216, 200, 187)  hsl(27, 27%, 79%)  Bone
#bbd8c8  rgb(187, 216, 200)  hsl(147, 27%, 79%)  Opal