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#c0beeb

a light, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Thistle

Token name suggestion: Meadow Denim

RGB
192, 190, 235
HSL
243°, 53%, 83%
CMYK
18, 19, 0, 8
Luminance
0.5403

#c0beeb is a light vivid blue, 243° on the wheel and 82/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.81:1). As text it scores 1.78:1 on white — use #6D68D1 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(243 53% 83%)rgb(192 190 235)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c0beeb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c0beeb
Hue
243°
blue
Saturation
53%
vivid
Lightness
83%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
77%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5403
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
82/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.81:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 10.1
Chroma
24.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.818
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 25.4
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue243° of 360°
Saturation53%
Lightness83%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c0beeb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool82% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green68%
Blue11%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#c0beeb
HEX (8-digit)#c0beebff
RGBrgb(192, 190, 235)
RGBArgba(192, 190, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(243, 53%, 83%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243, 19%, 92%)
HWBhwb(243 75% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 19%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(78.5 9.8 -22.1)
LCHlch(78.5 24.1 293.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.818 0.063 287.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.14, 54.03, 86.10)
Decimal12631787
Display P3color(display-p3 0.753 0.745 0.922)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c0beeb;
background-color: #c0beeb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c0beeb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c0beeb] bg-[#c0beeb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c0beeb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.745, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.753, green: 0.745, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C0BEEB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC0BEEB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC0BEEB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 190, 192)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(192, 190, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(192, 190, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 190, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7529f, 0.7451f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{192,190,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c0beeb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c0beeb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#211E61, #D4D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c0beeb h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F4FB;
  --brand-100: #EAE9F6;
  --brand-200: #c0beeb;
  --brand-300: #ACA9E5;
  --brand-400: #827ED7;
  --brand-500: #5953CA;
  --brand-600: #3F3ABB;
  --brand-700: #35309C;
  --brand-800: #2A267D;
  --brand-900: #221F5B;
  --brand-950: #151439;
  --brand: #c0beeb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5F4FA;
  --brand-border: #C3C1EC;
  --brand-hover: #A5A3E3;
  --brand-pressed: #8B87DA;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141424;
    --brand-ink: #D4D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F4FB',
        100: '#EAE9F6',
        200: '#c0beeb',
        300: '#ACA9E5',
        400: '#827ED7',
        500: '#5953CA',
        600: '#3F3ABB',
        700: '#35309C',
        800: '#2A267D',
        900: '#221F5B',
        950: '#151439',
        DEFAULT: '#c0beeb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F4FB,
  '100': #EAE9F6,
  '200': #c0beeb,
  '300': #ACA9E5,
  '400': #827ED7,
  '500': #5953CA,
  '600': #3F3ABB,
  '700': #35309C,
  '800': #2A267D,
  '900': #221F5B,
  '950': #151439,
);
$brand-base: #c0beeb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAE9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c0beeb", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ACA9E5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#827ED7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5953CA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3F3ABB", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#35309C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2A267D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#221F5B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#151439", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #c0beeb · 11.81:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.81:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c0beeb as text scores 1.78:1 on white and 11.81:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #211E61 at 8.30:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6D68D1 · 4.61:1
AA on white−22% L
#6D68D1
The quick fox
#4B45C6 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−31% L
#4B45C6
The quick fox
#c0beeb · 11.81:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c0beeb
The quick fox
#c0beeb · 11.81:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c0beeb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8F8BDB is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c0beeb on white: 1.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c0beeb on black: 11.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c0beeb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c0beeb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.78:1AaAa
Slate 501.70:1AaAa
Slate 1001.62:1AaAa
Slate 2001.44:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4001.44:1AaAa
Slate 5002.68:1AaAa
Slate 6004.26:1AaAa
Slate 7005.82:1AaAa
Slate 8008.22:1AaAa
Slate 90010.04:1AaAa
Black11.81:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B3C3ED
deuteranopia · #B2C1EA
tritanopia · #B7C5CD

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #c0beeb is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F4FB
#EAE9F6
#c0beeb
#ACA9E5
#827ED7
#5953CA
#3F3ABB
#35309C
#2A267D
#221F5B
#151439
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4F4FBDarkest = 950 · #151439Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.016 287.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 287.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.038 287.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.049 287.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.058 287.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.063 287.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.063 287.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.059 287.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.053 287.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.044 287.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.035 287.0);
}

Colors that work with #c0beeb

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F5F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C3C1EC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4E4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A1892B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#211E61
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECECF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141424
Dark-mode background
Hover#A5A3E3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8B87DA
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CCCAF3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #c0beeb

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #211E61
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8F8BDB

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight17/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#E9EBBE
Analogous left#BED2EB
Analogous right#D6BEEB
Split-complement 1#EBD6BE
Split-complement 2#D2EBBE
Triadic 1#EBC0BE
Triadic 2#BEEBC0
Tetradic#EBBED2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°243°

#c0beeb sits at 243°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.3%
Green74.5%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
192
0xc0
G · 0–255
190
0xbe
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan18.3%
Magenta19.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 45%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c0beeb text on a black background

contrast 11.81:1

Card sample

#c0beeb text on a white background

contrast 1.78:1

Card sample

#c0beeb on grey

1.62:1

#c0beeb on its own surface

1.63:1

#c0beeb on its dark surface

10.22:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c0beeb;
Background color
Panel with #c0beeb background
background-color: #c0beeb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c0beeb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(192, 190, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(192, 190, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c0beeb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0beeb, #DEBEEB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c0beeb, #E9BEEB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c0beeb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c0beeb;
caret-color: #c0beeb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c0beeb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECECF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c0beeb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c0beeb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c0beeb over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(192, 190, 235, 0.5)
rgb(192 190 235 / 50%)
#c0beeb80
hsl(243 53% 83% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c0beeb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c0beeb1a#F9F9FD
20%#c0beeb33#F2F2FB
40%#c0beeb66#E6E5F7
60%#c0beeb99#D9D8F3
80%#c0beebcc#CDCBEF

Gradients from #c0beeb

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDEDF9, #c0beeb 45%, #211E61);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c0beeb, #D7A6E4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c0beeb, #E9EBBE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4F3FB 0%, #c0beeb 45%, #211E61 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E5EFF7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E7D5F2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #211E61 0%, transparent 65%), #c0beeb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c0beeb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#c0beeb in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 11.81:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#c0beeb, answered

What color is #c0beeb?

#c0beeb is a light vivid blue, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 10.1). It sits at 243° on the hue wheel with 53% saturation and 83% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c0beeb?

rgb(192, 190, 235) — 192 red, 190 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 75.3% / 74.5% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #c0beeb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(243, 53%, 83%) and hsv(243, 19%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c0beeb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5403 and perceived brightness is 77%, so black text on it reaches 11.81:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c0beeb?

Black. It scores 11.81:1 against #c0beeb, versus 1.78:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c0beeb accessible on a white background?

#c0beeb on white scores 1.78:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6D68D1 to reach 4.5:1, or #4B45C6 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c0beeb?

#E9EBBE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #EBD6BE and #D2EBBE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c0beeb?

For interface work: #F5F4FA as the surface, #C3C1EC for borders, #4E4B9B for secondary text, #A1892B as an accent and #211E61 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BED2EB and #D6BEEB stays calm, while #E9EBBE is the loudest partner.

What is #c0beeb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(18%, 19%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c0beeb warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 82 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D0BEEB; nudged cooler, #BDCCEC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c0beeb?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 25.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c0beeb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c0beeb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c0beeb] or text-[#c0beeb], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #c0beeb with 50% opacity?

rgba(192, 190, 235, 0.5), or #c0beeb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E0DFF5; over black, #605F76.

Is #c0beeb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 3.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c0beeb mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #c0beeb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDEDF9, #c0beeb 45%, #211E61). For more colour, a short hue run to #D7A6E4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c0beeb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c0beeb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.