#c6a3de Color Information

#c6a3de Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #c6a3de. In RGB, it consists of 77.6% Red, 63.9% Green, and 87.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 10.8% Cyan, 26.6% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 12.9% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 275.6°, with saturation of 47.2% and lightness of 75.5%. The decimal value for #c6a3de is 13018078, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc99cc. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #c6a3de is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#c6a3de Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color198, 163, 222 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color77.6%, 63.9%, 87.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.224, 0.361, 0.129 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.108, 0.266, 0, 0.129 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color275.6°, 47.2%, 75.5% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color275.6°, 26.6%, 87.1% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color49.571, 43.474, 74.886 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color198, 163, 222 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code13018078 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color71.876, 23.695, -25.030 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)71.876, 34.467, 313.430 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color71.876, 15.146, -42.941 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color65.935, 18.813, -21.185 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.295, 0.259, 43.474 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4291208158 / 0xffc6a3de Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc99cc Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #c6a3de

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #c6a3de, its pure hue is 275.6° on the color wheel and its saturation is 47.2%, and its lightness is 75.5%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #c6a3de, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #19141c to #ad8fc2.

Tints of #c6a3de

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #c6a3de, its pure hue is 275.6° on the color wheel and its saturation is 47.2%, and its lightness is 75.5%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #c6a3de, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #cdafe2 to #f8f4fb.

Tones of #c6a3de

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #c6a3de, its pure hue is 275.6° on the color wheel and its saturation is 47.2%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #c6a3de, which range from #c1c1c1 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #cc82ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #c6a3de

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #c6a3de! For #c6a3de, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #c6a3de. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #c6a3de

This color, #c6a3de, consists of 77.6% Red, 63.9% Green, and 87.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 198, Green = 163, Blue = 222. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #c6a3de is 10.8% Cyan, 26.6% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 12.9% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R77.6%
C10.8%
G63.9%
M26.6%
B87.1%
Y0.0%
K12.9%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 198 163 222
Octal 306 243 336
Hexa #c6 #a3 #de
Binary 11000110 10100011 11011110
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 10 26 0 12
Octal 12 32 0 14
Hexa #0a #1a #00 #0c
Binary 00001010 00011010 00000000 00001100

Analogous Colors of #c6a3de

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #c6a3de — which has hue 275.6° — its analogous colors are located at 245.6° and 305.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6a3de.

Triadic Colors of #c6a3de

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #c6a3de — which has hue 275.6° — its triadic colors are located at 35.6° and 275.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6a3de.

Complementary Color of #c6a3de

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #c6a3de — which has hue 275.6° — its complementary color is located at 95.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6a3de.

Split Complementary Colors of #c6a3de

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #c6a3de — which has hue 275.6° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 65.6° and 275.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6a3de.

Tetradic Colors of #c6a3de

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #c6a3de — which has hue 275.6° — its tetradic colors are located at 185.6°, 275.6°, 5.6°, and 95.6° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c6a3de.

Monochromatic Colors of #c6a3de

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #c6a3de, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #a58bb7 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #e4caf6 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #c6a3de

We want to make getting started with #c6a3de on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #c6a3de into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #c6a3de can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #c6a3de with other HTML elements.

#c6a3de Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #c6a3de.
<span style="color: #c6a3de;">The color of this text is #c6a3de.</span>

#c6a3de Background Color

The background color for this text is #c6a3de.
<div style="background-color: #c6a3de; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #c6a3de.</div>

#c6a3de Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #c6a3de.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #c6a3de;">This color for the shadow of this text is #c6a3de.</span>

#c6a3de Border Color

This is a div with border color #c6a3de.
<div style="border: #c6a3de 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #c6a3de.</div>

#c6a3de Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #c6a3de on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #c6a3de; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #c6a3de on a white background.</div></div>

#c6a3de Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #c6a3de on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #c6a3de; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #c6a3de on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #c6a3de to White

This is a gradient from #c6a3de to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#c6a3de,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#c6a3de,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#c6a3de,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#c6a3de,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #c6a3de to white.</div>

Gradient from #c6a3de to Black

This is a gradient from #c6a3de to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#c6a3de,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#c6a3de,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#c6a3de,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#c6a3de,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #c6a3de to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #c6a3de

In addition to using #c6a3de on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #c6a3de in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #c6a3de, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 198, Green = 163, Blue = 222). If you need details about the color coordinates of #c6a3de in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #c6a3de
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(198, 163, 222)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #c6a3de; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #c6a3de; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #c6a3de; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(198, 163, 222);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#c6a3de")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:198, green:163, blue:222, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:198 green:163 blue:222 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(198f, 163f, 222f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(198, 163, 222);
 

#c6a3de Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #c6a3de the same way. For those with color blindness, #c6a3de might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #c6a3de looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #c6a3de is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #c6a3de looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #c6a3de will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #c6a3de is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.2:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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