#a5a4e1

Color #a5a4e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 20.6 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a4e1

RGB

rgb(165, 164, 225)

HSL

hsl(241, 50.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241, 27.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(69.46, 13.62, -30.61)

LCH

lch(69.46, 33.5, 293.99)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0875, 284.83)

HWB

hwb(241, 64.3%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0e1a4

Analogous

#a4c2e1

#a5a4e1

#c4a4e1

Triadic

#a5a4e1

#e1a5a4

#a4e1a5

Split-complementary

#a5a4e1

#e1c4a4

#c2e1a4

Tetradic

#a5a4e1

#e1a4e0

#e0e1a4

#a4e1a5

Square

#a5a4e1

#e1a4c2

#e0e1a4

#a4e1c4

Shades

Color #a5a4e1 mixed toward black.

#7573d1

#4543c1

#323092

#212062

#111031

Tints

Color #a5a4e1 mixed toward white.

#b4b3e6

#c3c2eb

#d2d2f0

#e1e1f5

#f0f0fa

Tones

Color #a5a4e1 mixed toward gray.

#aaa9dc

#afaed7

#b4b3d2

#b9b8cd

#bebdc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5d4 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a5a5d1 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#a5cac7 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 19.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a4e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a4e1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5a4e1 (#a5a4e1) is rgb(165, 164, 225) in RGB.

No, #a5a4e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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