#a68ae8

Color #a68ae8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.33 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a68ae8

RGB

rgb(166, 138, 232)

HSL

hsl(257.9, 67.1%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.9, 40.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(63.43, 30.35, -43.86)

LCH

lch(63.43, 53.34, 304.68)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.1368, 296.38)

HWB

hwb(257.9, 54.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cce88a

Analogous

#8a9de8

#a68ae8

#d58ae8

Triadic

#a68ae8

#e8a68a

#8ae8a6

Split-complementary

#a68ae8

#e8d58a

#9de88a

Tetradic

#a68ae8

#e88acc

#cce88a

#8ae8a6

Square

#a68ae8

#e88a9d

#cce88a

#8ae8d5

Shades

Color #a68ae8 mixed toward black.

#7f56de

#5a29ce

#431e9a

#2d1467

#160a33

Tints

Color #a68ae8 mixed toward white.

#b59dec

#c4b1f0

#d2c4f3

#e1d8f7

#f0ebfb

Tones

Color #a68ae8 mixed toward gray.

#a992e0

#ac9ad8

#afa1d0

#b3a9c9

#b6b1c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9ad6 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#9c9ed2 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#a5c6c3 · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a68ae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a68ae8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a68ae8 (#a68ae8) is rgb(166, 138, 232) in RGB.

No, #a68ae8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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