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#C8BEE2

#c8bee2 ≈ Thistle

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8bee2 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.5% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 256.67°, with 38.3% saturation and 81.57% 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 11.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 6.29.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.546

Complementary

  1. #c8bee2
  2. #d8e2be

Split complementary

  1. #c8bee2
  2. #e2dabe
  3. #c6e2be

Analogous

  1. #bec6e2
  2. #c8bee2
  3. #dabee2

Triadic

  1. #c8bee2
  2. #e2c8be
  3. #bee2c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bee2
  2. #e2bed8
  3. #d8e2be
  4. #bee2c8

Square

  1. #c8bee2
  2. #e2bec6
  3. #d8e2be
  4. #bee2da

Monochromatic

  1. #6e54b3
  2. #9b89ca
  3. #c8bee2
  4. #f3f1f9
  5. #f3f1f9

Shades

#c8bee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bee2
  2. #b4abcb
  3. #a098b5
  4. #8c859e
  5. #787288
  6. #645f71
  7. #504c5a
  8. #3c3944
  9. #28262d
  10. #141317
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bee2
  2. #cec5e5
  3. #d3cbe8
  4. #d9d2eb
  5. #ded8ee
  6. #e4dff1
  7. #e9e5f3
  8. #efecf6
  9. #f4f2f9
  10. #faf9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bee2
  2. #c1b8d8
  3. #bab2ce
  4. #b2abc5
  5. #aba5bb
  6. #a49fb1
  7. #9d99a7
  8. #96939d
  9. #8e8c94
  10. #87868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5c1d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c3e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c3e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4c3ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bec1e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfc1e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5c1d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bee2 {
  color: #c8bee2;
}
Background
.bg-c8bee2 {
  background-color: #c8bee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bee2 {
  border: 2px solid #c8bee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 38% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bee2, #dabee2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 6.29 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.39 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.42 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.66 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.84 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.16 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.29 #37411d Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Thistle
#c8bee2  rgb(200, 190, 226)  hsl(257, 38%, 82%)  Thistle
#d8e2be  rgb(216, 226, 190)  hsl(77, 38%, 82%)  Tea Green
#e2c8be  rgb(226, 200, 190)  hsl(17, 38%, 82%)  Zinnwaldite
#bee2c8  rgb(190, 226, 200)  hsl(137, 38%, 82%)  Seafoam Green