#a799c6

Color #a799c6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.69 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a799c6

RGB

rgb(167, 153, 198)

HSL

hsl(258.7, 28.3%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.7, 22.7%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(65.81, 14.16, -21.27)

LCH

lch(65.81, 25.55, 303.65)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0664, 298.92)

HWB

hwb(258.7, 60%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8c699

Analogous

#99a1c6

#a799c6

#bd99c6

Triadic

#a799c6

#c6a799

#99c6a7

Split-complementary

#a799c6

#c6bd99

#a1c699

Tetradic

#a799c6

#c699b8

#b8c699

#99c6a7

Square

#a799c6

#c699a1

#b8c699

#99c6bd

Shades

Color #a799c6 mixed toward black.

#8773b1

#685496

#4e3f71

#342a4b

#1a1526

Tints

Color #a799c6 mixed toward white.

#b6aacf

#c4bbd9

#d3cce2

#e2ddec

#f0eef5

Tones

Color #a799c6 mixed toward gray.

#a89dc2

#aaa0be

#aba4bb

#ada8b7

#aeacb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1bc · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a3ba · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#a6b4b2 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a799c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a799c6]

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

#a799c6 (#a799c6) is rgb(167, 153, 198) in RGB.

No, #a799c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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