#a491e4

Color #a491e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a491e4

RGB

rgb(164, 145, 228)

HSL

hsl(253.7, 60.6%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.7, 36.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.1%, 36.4%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(64.76, 24.82, -39.58)

LCH

lch(64.76, 46.72, 302.09)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.1204, 293.6)

HWB

hwb(253.7, 56.9%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1e491

Analogous

#91a7e4

#a491e4

#cd91e4

Triadic

#a491e4

#e4a491

#91e4a4

Split-complementary

#a491e4

#e4cd91

#a7e491

Tetradic

#a491e4

#e491d1

#d1e491

#91e4a4

Square

#a491e4

#e491a7

#d1e491

#91e4cd

Shades

Color #a491e4 mixed toward black.

#7b5fd8

#5331c8

#3f2596

#2a1864

#150c32

Tints

Color #a491e4 mixed toward white.

#b3a3e8

#c2b6ed

#d1c8f1

#e1daf6

#f0edfa

Tones

Color #a491e4 mixed toward gray.

#a898dd

#ab9fd6

#afa6cf

#b3adc8

#b7b3c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cd4 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#9d9fd0 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#a3c6c2 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a491e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a491e4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a491e4 (#a491e4) is rgb(164, 145, 228) in RGB.

No, #a491e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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