Information about #C6A5DE color

#C6A5DE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C6A5DE falls into the Violet Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(198, 165, 222) — 77.6% red, 64.7% green, 87.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 9 / 22 / 0 / 13. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #C6A5DE reads as a clearly saturated twilight violet and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Wisteria (#C9A0DC). Slightly further away sit Perfume (#C2A9DB) and Tropical Violet (#CDA4DE).

In RGB terms — rgb(198, 165, 222) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 9.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C6A5DE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C6A5DE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#C6A5DE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #C6A5DE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Wisteria color link
Wisteria

#C9A0DC

Perfume color link
Perfume

#C2A9DB

Cayleigh color link
Cayleigh

#C4A9D0

Moon Raker color link
Moon Raker

#C0B2D7

Bright Ube color link
Bright Ube

#D19FE8

Lavender color link
Lavender

#C79FEF

Prelude color link
Prelude

#CAB4D4

Kinsey Reign color link
Kinsey Reign

#D4B0E7

Melrose color link
Melrose

#C3B9DD

Pastel Lilac color link
Pastel Lilac

#C991DF

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C6A5DE
  • RGB198, 165, 222
  • CMYK9, 22, 0, 13
  • CSSrgb(198, 165, 222)
  • HSL275°, 46%, 76%
  • HSL Precise274.737°, 46.341%, 75.882%
  • HSV275°, 26%, 87%
  • HSB275°, 26%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.647
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.871
  • GLSLvec3(0.776, 0.647, 0.871)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.776, 0.647, 0.871, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.776, 0.647, 0.871)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB64.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB87.1%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDC6A5DE
  • DECIMAL ID13018590
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01