#a69ee4

Color #a69ee4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.42 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a69ee4

RGB

rgb(166, 158, 228)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 56.5%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 30.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(68.14, 18.03, -34.3)

LCH

lch(68.14, 38.75, 297.73)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.1005, 288.87)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 62%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dce49e

Analogous

#9eb9e4

#a69ee4

#c99ee4

Triadic

#a69ee4

#e4a69e

#9ee4a6

Split-complementary

#a69ee4

#e4c99e

#b9e49e

Tetradic

#a69ee4

#e49edc

#dce49e

#9ee4a6

Square

#a69ee4

#e49eb9

#dce49e

#9ee4c9

Shades

Color #a69ee4 mixed toward black.

#786cd6

#4a39c8

#372a97

#241c65

#120e32

Tints

Color #a69ee4 mixed toward white.

#b5aee9

#c4beed

#d3cff2

#e1dff6

#f0effb

Tones

Color #a69ee4 mixed toward gray.

#aba4de

#afaad8

#b4b0d3

#b8b5cd

#bdbbc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3d6 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#a3a4d2 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a6cac7 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69ee4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69ee4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a69ee4 (#a69ee4) is rgb(166, 158, 228) in RGB.

No, #a69ee4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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