#a09bde

Color #a09bde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.14 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a09bde

RGB

rgb(160, 155, 222)

HSL

hsl(244.5, 50.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.5, 30.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(66.66, 16.5, -33.32)

LCH

lch(66.66, 37.18, 296.34)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0967, 287.09)

HWB

hwb(244.5, 60.8%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9de9b

Analogous

#9bb7de

#a09bde

#c19bde

Triadic

#a09bde

#dea09b

#9bdea0

Split-complementary

#a09bde

#dec19b

#b7de9b

Tetradic

#a09bde

#de9bd9

#d9de9b

#9bdea0

Square

#a09bde

#de9bb7

#d9de9b

#9bdec1

Shades

Color #a09bde mixed toward black.

#736cce

#483ebd

#362f8e

#241f5e

#12102f

Tints

Color #a09bde mixed toward white.

#b0ace3

#c0bce9

#cfcdee

#dfdef4

#efeef9

Tones

Color #a09bde mixed toward gray.

#a5a0d8

#a9a6d3

#aeaccd

#b3b1c8

#b8b7c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ed0 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#9e9fcd · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#a0c5c2 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a09bde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a09bde]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a09bde (#a09bde) is rgb(160, 155, 222) in RGB.

No, #a09bde is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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