#a4a8e1

Color #a4a8e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 20.3 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#a4a8e1

RGB

rgb(164, 168, 225)

HSL

hsl(236.1, 50.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.1, 27.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(70.41, 11.09, -29.16)

LCH

lch(70.41, 31.2, 290.82)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.082, 281.1)

HWB

hwb(236.1, 64.3%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1dda4

Analogous

#a4c7e1

#a4a8e1

#bfa4e1

Triadic

#a4a8e1

#e1a4a8

#a8e1a4

Split-complementary

#a4a8e1

#e1bfa4

#c7e1a4

Tetradic

#a4a8e1

#dda4e1

#e1dda4

#a8e1a4

Square

#a4a8e1

#e1a4c7

#e1dda4

#a4e1bf

Shades

Color #a4a8e1 mixed toward black.

#7379d1

#434bc1

#303792

#202462

#101231

Tints

Color #a4a8e1 mixed toward white.

#b3b7e6

#c2c5eb

#d2d4f0

#e1e2f5

#f0f1fa

Tones

Color #a4a8e1 mixed toward gray.

#a9acdc

#aeb1d7

#b3b5d2

#b8bacd

#bdbec8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6d5 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#a6a5d2 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a4cbc9 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 19

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a4a8e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4a8e1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a4a8e1 (#a4a8e1) is rgb(164, 168, 225) in RGB.

No, #a4a8e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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