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#c2c2f6

a pale, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Light Steel Blue

Token name suggestion: Chalk Denim

RGB
194, 194, 246
HSL
240°, 74%, 86%
CMYK
21, 21, 0, 4
Luminance
0.5671

#c2c2f6 is a pale vivid blue, 240° on the wheel and 83/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.34:1). As text it scores 1.70:1 on white — use #6565E8 instead. Nearest name is Light Steel Blue, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(240 74% 86%)rgb(194 194 246)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c2c2f6 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c2c2f6
Hue
240°
blue
Saturation
74%
vivid
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5671
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
83/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.34:1
Closest name
Light Steel Blue
ΔE2000 9.6
Chroma
27.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.832
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 25
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue240° of 360°
Saturation74%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c2c2f6.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool83% 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
Red20%
Green68%
Blue12%

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

Every format

HEX#c2c2f6
HEX (8-digit)#c2c2f6ff
RGBrgb(194, 194, 246)
RGBArgba(194, 194, 246, 1)
HSLhsl(240, 74%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 21%, 96%)
HWBhwb(240 76% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(21%, 21%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(80.0 10.7 -25.6)
LCHlch(80.0 27.7 292.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.832 0.072 284.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(58.17, 56.71, 95.05)
Decimal12763894
Display P3color(display-p3 0.761 0.761 0.965)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c2c2f6;
background-color: #c2c2f6;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c2c2f6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c2c2f6] bg-[#c2c2f6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c2c2f6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.761, green: 0.761, blue: 0.965)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.761, green: 0.761, blue: 0.965, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C2C2F6</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC2C2F6)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC2C2F6)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(246, 194, 194)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(194, 194, 246)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(194, 194, 246)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 194, 194, 246)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7608f, 0.7608f, 0.9647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{194,194,246}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c2c2f6 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c2c2f6 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#10106F, #D3D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c2c2f6 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: #F3F3FC;
  --brand-100: #E7E7F9;
  --brand-200: #c2c2f6;
  --brand-300: #9D9DF1;
  --brand-400: #6C6CE9;
  --brand-500: #3B3BE2;
  --brand-600: #1F1FD5;
  --brand-700: #1A1AB2;
  --brand-800: #15158E;
  --brand-900: #131367;
  --brand-950: #0C0C40;
  --brand: #c2c2f6;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F4FA;
  --brand-border: #C0C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #A3A3F1;
  --brand-pressed: #8484ED;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141424;
    --brand-ink: #D3D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3F3FC',
        100: '#E7E7F9',
        200: '#c2c2f6',
        300: '#9D9DF1',
        400: '#6C6CE9',
        500: '#3B3BE2',
        600: '#1F1FD5',
        700: '#1A1AB2',
        800: '#15158E',
        900: '#131367',
        950: '#0C0C40',
        DEFAULT: '#c2c2f6',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3F3FC,
  '100': #E7E7F9,
  '200': #c2c2f6,
  '300': #9D9DF1,
  '400': #6C6CE9,
  '500': #3B3BE2,
  '600': #1F1FD5,
  '700': #1A1AB2,
  '800': #15158E,
  '900': #131367,
  '950': #0C0C40,
);
$brand-base: #c2c2f6;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3F3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7E7F9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c2c2f6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9D9DF1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6C6CE9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3B3BE2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1F1FD5", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1A1AB2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#15158E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#131367", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0C0C40", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c2c2f6 · 12.34:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.70:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.34:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c2c2f6 as text scores 1.70:1 on white and 12.34:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #10106F at 9.31:1.

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
#6565E8 · 4.59:1
AA on white−21% L
#6565E8
The quick fox
#3D3DE2 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−30% L
#3D3DE2
The quick fox
#c2c2f6 · 12.34:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c2c2f6
The quick fox
#c2c2f6 · 12.34:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c2c2f6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8888EE 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
#c2c2f6 on white: 1.70:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c2c2f6 on black: 12.34:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c2c2f6 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c2c2f6.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.70:1AaAa
Slate 501.63:1AaAa
Slate 1001.55:1AaAa
Slate 2001.38:1AaAa
Slate 3001.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.51:1AaAa
Slate 5002.80:1AaAa
Slate 6004.45:1AaAa
Slate 7006.09:1AaAa
Slate 8008.60:1AaAa
Slate 90010.49:1AaAa
Black12.34:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B5C8F8
deuteranopia · #B3C5F5
tritanopia · #B7CBD4

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. #c2c2f6 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.

#F3F3FC
#E7E7F9
#c2c2f6
#9D9DF1
#6C6CE9
#3B3BE2
#1F1FD5
#1A1AB2
#15158E
#131367
#0C0C40
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F3F3FCDarkest = 950 · #0C0C40Text 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 0.018 284.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.029 284.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.043 284.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.057 284.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.067 284.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.072 284.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.072 284.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.068 284.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.061 284.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.051 284.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.040 284.7);
}

Colors that work with #c2c2f6

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#F4F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#B58F17
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#10106F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9E9FC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141424
Dark-mode background
Hover#A3A3F1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8484ED
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D1D1FB
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 #c2c2f6

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 #10106F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8888EE

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 high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

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
  • Weight14/100
  • 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#F6F6C2
Analogous left#C2DCF6
Analogous right#DCC2F6
Split-complement 1#F6DCC2
Split-complement 2#DCF6C2
Triadic 1#F6C2C2
Triadic 2#C2F6C2
Tetradic#F6C2DC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°240°

#c2c2f6 sits at 240°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red76.1%
Green76.1%
Blue96.5%
R · 0–255
194
0xc2
G · 0–255
194
0xc2
B · 0–255
246
0xf6

CMYK percentages

Cyan21.1%
Magenta21.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 46%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c2c2f6 text on a black background

contrast 12.34:1

Card sample

#c2c2f6 text on a white background

contrast 1.70:1

Card sample

#c2c2f6 on grey

1.55:1

#c2c2f6 on its own surface

1.55:1

#c2c2f6 on its dark surface

10.68:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c2c2f6;
Background color
Panel with #c2c2f6 background
background-color: #c2c2f6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c2c2f6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(194, 194, 246, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(194, 194, 246, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c2c2f6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2c2f6, #E5C2F6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2c2f6, #F2C2F6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c2c2f6;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c2c2f6;
caret-color: #c2c2f6;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c2c2f6;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9E9FC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c2c2f6;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c2c2f6 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c2c2f6 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(194, 194, 246, 0.5)
rgb(194 194 246 / 50%)
#c2c2f680
hsl(240 74% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c2c2f6 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c2c2f61a#F9F9FE
20%#c2c2f633#F3F3FD
40%#c2c2f666#E7E7FB
60%#c2c2f699#DADAFA
80%#c2c2f6cc#CECEF8

Gradients from #c2c2f6

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, #EDEDFC, #c2c2f6 45%, #10106F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c2c2f6, #DFA7F2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2c2f6, #F6F6C2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F2F2FD 0%, #c2c2f6 45%, #10106F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EFF7FD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EEDDFA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #10106F 0%, transparent 65%), #c2c2f6;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c2c2f6

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.

#c2c2f6 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

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

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 12.34:1.

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.

#c2c2f6, answered

What color is #c2c2f6?

#c2c2f6 is a pale vivid blue, closest to Light Steel Blue (ΔE2000 9.6). It sits at 240° on the hue wheel with 74% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c2c2f6?

rgb(194, 194, 246) — 194 red, 194 green and 246 blue out of 255, or 76.1% / 76.1% / 96.5% by channel.

What is #c2c2f6 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(240, 74%, 86%) and hsv(240, 21%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c2c2f6 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5671 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 12.34:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c2c2f6?

Black. It scores 12.34:1 against #c2c2f6, versus 1.70:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c2c2f6 accessible on a white background?

#c2c2f6 on white scores 1.70:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6565E8 to reach 4.5:1, or #3D3DE2 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c2c2f6?

#F6F6C2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F6DCC2 and #DCF6C2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c2c2f6?

For interface work: #F4F4FA as the surface, #C0C0ED for borders, #4B4B9B for secondary text, #B58F17 as an accent and #10106F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C2DCF6 and #DCC2F6 stays calm, while #F6F6C2 is the loudest partner.

What is #c2c2f6 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(21%, 21%, 0%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c2c2f6 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 83 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D5C2F6; nudged cooler, #C1D5F7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c2c2f6?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 25 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c2c2f6 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c2c2f6 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c2c2f6] or text-[#c2c2f6], 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 #c2c2f6 with 50% opacity?

rgba(194, 194, 246, 0.5), or #c2c2f680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E1E1FB; over black, #61617B.

Is #c2c2f6 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 2.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c2c2f6 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 #c2c2f6?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDEDFC, #c2c2f6 45%, #10106F). For more colour, a short hue run to #DFA7F2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c2c2f6 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c2c2f6 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.