#a49cea

Color #a49cea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.47 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a49cea

RGB

rgb(164, 156, 234)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 65%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 33.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(67.73, 20.06, -38.24)

LCH

lch(67.73, 43.18, 297.68)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1119, 288.01)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 61.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2ea9c

Analogous

#9cbbea

#a49cea

#cb9cea

Triadic

#a49cea

#eaa49c

#9ceaa4

Split-complementary

#a49cea

#eacb9c

#bbea9c

Tetradic

#a49cea

#ea9ce2

#e2ea9c

#9ceaa4

Square

#a49cea

#ea9cbb

#e2ea9c

#9ceacb

Shades

Color #a49cea mixed toward black.

#7366df

#4231d3

#2f22a1

#1f176b

#100b36

Tints

Color #a49cea mixed toward white.

#b3adee

#c2bdf1

#d2cef5

#e1def8

#f0effc

Tones

Color #a49cea mixed toward gray.

#a9a3e4

#aea9dd

#b4b0d7

#b9b6d0

#bebdca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1da · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#a1a2d6 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a4cdca · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49cea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49cea]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a49cea (#a49cea) is rgb(164, 156, 234) in RGB.

No, #a49cea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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