#a49fe9

Color #a49fe9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a49fe9

RGB

rgb(164, 159, 233)

HSL

hsl(244.1, 62.7%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.1, 31.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 31.8%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(68.44, 18.12, -36.59)

LCH

lch(68.44, 40.83, 296.35)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.1061, 286.59)

HWB

hwb(244.1, 62.4%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e99f

Analogous

#9fbfe9

#a49fe9

#c99fe9

Triadic

#a49fe9

#e9a49f

#9fe9a4

Split-complementary

#a49fe9

#e9c99f

#bfe99f

Tetradic

#a49fe9

#e99fe4

#e4e99f

#9fe9a4

Square

#a49fe9

#e99fbf

#e4e99f

#9fe9c9

Shades

Color #a49fe9 mixed toward black.

#726add

#3f35d1

#2d25a0

#1e186a

#0f0c35

Tints

Color #a49fe9 mixed toward white.

#b3afed

#c2bff0

#d2cff4

#e1dff8

#f0effb

Tones

Color #a49fe9 mixed toward gray.

#aaa5e3

#afabdd

#b4b2d7

#b9b8d0

#bfbeca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2da · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a2a3d6 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#a4cdca · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49fe9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49fe9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a49fe9 (#a49fe9) is rgb(164, 159, 233) in RGB.

No, #a49fe9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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