#a29ec9

Color #a29ec9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 17.67 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a29ec9

RGB

rgb(162, 158, 201)

HSL

hsl(245.6, 28.5%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.6, 21.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(66.79, 10.42, -21.48)

LCH

lch(66.79, 23.87, 295.88)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0622, 288.96)

HWB

hwb(245.6, 62%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c99e

Analogous

#9eb0c9

#a29ec9

#b89ec9

Triadic

#a29ec9

#c9a29e

#9ec9a2

Split-complementary

#a29ec9

#c9b89e

#b0c99e

Tetradic

#a29ec9

#c99ec5

#c5c99e

#9ec9a2

Square

#a29ec9

#c99eb0

#c5c99e

#9ec9b8

Shades

Color #a29ec9 mixed toward black.

#7d78b4

#5c569a

#454073

#2e2b4d

#171526

Tints

Color #a29ec9 mixed toward white.

#b2aed2

#c1bedb

#d1cfe4

#e0dfed

#f0eff6

Tones

Color #a29ec9 mixed toward gray.

#a5a2c5

#a8a5c2

#aba9be

#aeacbb

#b1b0b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0c0 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#a1a1bd · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#a2b8b6 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 16.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a29ec9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a29ec9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a29ec9 (#a29ec9) is rgb(162, 158, 201) in RGB.

No, #a29ec9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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