#a38eee

Color #a38eee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.18 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a38eee

RGB

rgb(163, 142, 238)

HSL

hsl(253.1, 73.8%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.1, 40.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.5%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(64.41, 28.75, -45.65)

LCH

lch(64.41, 53.95, 302.2)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1385, 292.55)

HWB

hwb(253.1, 55.7%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9ee8e

Analogous

#8ea9ee

#a38eee

#d38eee

Triadic

#a38eee

#eea38e

#8eeea3

Split-complementary

#a38eee

#eed38e

#a9ee8e

Tetradic

#a38eee

#ee8ed9

#d9ee8e

#8eeea3

Square

#a38eee

#ee8ea9

#d9ee8e

#8eeed3

Shades

Color #a38eee mixed toward black.

#7657e6

#4a21dc

#3719a5

#25116e

#120837

Tints

Color #a38eee mixed toward white.

#b2a1f1

#c2b4f4

#d1c6f6

#e0d9f9

#f0ecfc

Tones

Color #a38eee mixed toward gray.

#a796e6

#ac9ede

#b0a6d6

#b5aece

#b9b6c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9adc · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#9c9dd7 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#a2ccc8 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 24.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a38eee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a38eee]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a38eee (#a38eee) is rgb(163, 142, 238) in RGB.

No, #a38eee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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