#a487eb

Color #a487eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 9.58 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a487eb

RGB

rgb(164, 135, 235)

HSL

hsl(257.4, 71.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.4, 42.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 42.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(62.69, 32.25, -46.7)

LCH

lch(62.69, 56.75, 304.63)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1453, 295.74)

HWB

hwb(257.4, 52.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceeb87

Analogous

#879ceb

#a487eb

#d687eb

Triadic

#a487eb

#eba487

#87eba4

Split-complementary

#a487eb

#ebd687

#9ceb87

Tetradic

#a487eb

#eb87ce

#ceeb87

#87eba4

Square

#a487eb

#eb879c

#ceeb87

#87ebd6

Shades

Color #a487eb mixed toward black.

#7c52e2

#5623d3

#411a9e

#2b126a

#160935

Tints

Color #a487eb mixed toward white.

#b39bee

#c2aff2

#d1c3f5

#e1d7f8

#f0ebfc

Tones

Color #a487eb mixed toward gray.

#a78fe3

#ab97da

#aea0d2

#b2a8ca

#b5b1c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898d8 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#9a9cd3 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a3c8c4 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 25.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a487eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a487eb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a487eb (#a487eb) is rgb(164, 135, 235) in RGB.

No, #a487eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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