#a47afa

Color #a47afa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 11.13 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a47afa

RGB

rgb(164, 122, 250)

HSL

hsl(259.7, 92.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.7, 51.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.4%, 51.2%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(60.53, 43.33, -58.42)

LCH

lch(60.53, 72.74, 306.56)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1842, 296.3)

HWB

hwb(259.7, 47.8%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d0fa7a

Analogous

#7a90fa

#a47afa

#e47afa

Triadic

#a47afa

#faa47a

#7afaa4

Split-complementary

#a47afa

#fae47a

#90fa7a

Tetradic

#a47afa

#fa7ad0

#d0fa7a

#7afaa4

Square

#a47afa

#fa7a90

#d0fa7a

#7afae4

Shades

Color #a47afa mixed toward black.

#7b3ef8

#5409ef

#3f07b3

#2a0477

#15023c

Tints

Color #a47afa mixed toward white.

#b390fb

#c2a6fc

#d1bcfd

#e1d3fd

#f0e9fe

Tones

Color #a47afa mixed toward gray.

#a884ef

#ab8fe5

#af9ada

#b3a5cf

#b6afc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493e3 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#9699de · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#a2cfcb · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a47afa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a47afa]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a47afa (#a47afa) is rgb(164, 122, 250) in RGB.

No, #a47afa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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