#a49ce7

Color #a49ce7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.98 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a49ce7

RGB

rgb(164, 156, 231)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 61%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 32.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 32.5%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(67.6, 19.32, -36.79)

LCH

lch(67.6, 41.55, 297.71)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.1077, 288.28)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 61.2%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfe79c

Analogous

#9cbae7

#a49ce7

#ca9ce7

Triadic

#a49ce7

#e7a49c

#9ce7a4

Split-complementary

#a49ce7

#e7ca9c

#bae79c

Tetradic

#a49ce7

#e79cdf

#dfe79c

#9ce7a4

Square

#a49ce7

#e79cba

#dfe79c

#9ce7ca

Shades

Color #a49ce7 mixed toward black.

#7468da

#4534ce

#32269c

#221968

#110d34

Tints

Color #a49ce7 mixed toward white.

#b3adeb

#c2bdef

#d2cef3

#e1def7

#f0effb

Tones

Color #a49ce7 mixed toward gray.

#a9a2e1

#aea9db

#b3afd4

#b8b5ce

#bdbbc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1d8 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#a1a2d4 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#a4cbc8 · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49ce7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49ce7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a49ce7 (#a49ce7) is rgb(164, 156, 231) in RGB.

No, #a49ce7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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