#a690e1

Color #a690e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 19.15 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a690e1

RGB

rgb(166, 144, 225)

HSL

hsl(256.3, 57.4%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.3, 36%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 36%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(64.56, 25.23, -38.22)

LCH

lch(64.56, 45.8, 303.43)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.118, 295.72)

HWB

hwb(256.3, 56.5%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbe190

Analogous

#90a3e1

#a690e1

#cf90e1

Triadic

#a690e1

#e1a690

#90e1a6

Split-complementary

#a690e1

#e1cf90

#a3e190

Tetradic

#a690e1

#e190cb

#cbe190

#90e1a6

Square

#a690e1

#e190a3

#cbe190

#90e1cf

Shades

Color #a690e1 mixed toward black.

#7f60d4

#5b34c2

#442791

#2d1a61

#170d30

Tints

Color #a690e1 mixed toward white.

#b5a3e6

#c4b5eb

#d3c8f0

#e1daf5

#f0edfa

Tones

Color #a690e1 mixed toward gray.

#a997da

#ac9ed4

#afa4cd

#b2abc6

#b6b2bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dd1 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#9ea0cd · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#a5c3c0 · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a690e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a690e1]

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

#a690e1 (#a690e1) is rgb(166, 144, 225) in RGB.

No, #a690e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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