#a5a4e2

Color #a5a4e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 20.23 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a4e2

RGB

rgb(165, 164, 226)

HSL

hsl(241, 51.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241, 27.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.5, 13.87, -31.1)

LCH

lch(69.5, 34.05, 294.04)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0889, 284.72)

HWB

hwb(241, 64.3%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1e2a4

Analogous

#a4c2e2

#a5a4e2

#c4a4e2

Triadic

#a5a4e2

#e2a5a4

#a4e2a5

Split-complementary

#a5a4e2

#e2c4a4

#c2e2a4

Tetradic

#a5a4e2

#e2a4e1

#e1e2a4

#a4e2a5

Square

#a5a4e2

#e2a4c2

#e1e2a4

#a4e2c4

Shades

Color #a5a4e2 mixed toward black.

#7473d2

#4441c3

#312f94

#211f63

#101031

Tints

Color #a5a4e2 mixed toward white.

#b4b3e7

#c3c2ec

#d2d2f1

#e1e1f5

#f0f0fa

Tones

Color #a5a4e2 mixed toward gray.

#aaa9dd

#afaed8

#b4b4d3

#b9b9cd

#bebec8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5d5 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#a5a5d2 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#a5cac8 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 20

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a4e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a4e2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5a4e2 (#a5a4e2) is rgb(165, 164, 226) in RGB.

No, #a5a4e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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