#a4a8ea

Color #a4a8ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.5 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a4a8ea

RGB

rgb(164, 168, 234)

HSL

hsl(236.6, 62.5%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.6, 29.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.9%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(70.76, 13.3, -33.54)

LCH

lch(70.76, 36.08, 291.63)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0948, 281.19)

HWB

hwb(236.6, 64.3%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae6a4

Analogous

#a4cbea

#a4a8ea

#c3a4ea

Triadic

#a4a8ea

#eaa4a8

#a8eaa4

Split-complementary

#a4a8ea

#eac3a4

#cbeaa4

Tetradic

#a4a8ea

#e6a4ea

#eae6a4

#a8eaa4

Square

#a4a8ea

#eaa4cb

#eae6a4

#a4eac3

Shades

Color #a4a8ea mixed toward black.

#6e74de

#3841d1

#252ca2

#191e6c

#0c0f36

Tints

Color #a4a8ea mixed toward white.

#b3b6ed

#c2c5f1

#d1d3f4

#e1e2f8

#f0f0fb

Tones

Color #a4a8ea mixed toward gray.

#aaade4

#b0b2de

#b5b7d8

#bbbdd3

#c1c2cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6dc · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a6a5d9 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#a4d1ce · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4a8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4a8ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a4a8ea (#a4a8ea) is rgb(164, 168, 234) in RGB.

No, #a4a8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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