#a497e6

Color #a497e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.32 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a497e6

RGB

rgb(164, 151, 230)

HSL

hsl(249.9, 61.2%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.9, 34.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(66.32, 21.91, -38.24)

LCH

lch(66.32, 44.07, 299.81)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.1138, 290.79)

HWB

hwb(249.9, 59.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9e697

Analogous

#97b1e6

#a497e6

#cc97e6

Triadic

#a497e6

#e6a497

#97e6a4

Split-complementary

#a497e6

#e6cc97

#b1e697

Tetradic

#a497e6

#e697d9

#d9e697

#97e6a4

Square

#a497e6

#e697b1

#d9e697

#97e6cc

Shades

Color #a497e6 mixed toward black.

#7764da

#4b31cd

#38259a

#251966

#130c33

Tints

Color #a497e6 mixed toward white.

#b3a8ea

#c2baee

#d2cbf2

#e1dcf7

#f0eefb

Tones

Color #a497e6 mixed toward gray.

#a89edf

#ada4d9

#b1abd2

#b6b1cc

#bab8c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ed6 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9fa0d2 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#a3c9c6 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a497e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a497e6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a497e6 (#a497e6) is rgb(164, 151, 230) in RGB.

No, #a497e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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