#a894ea

Color #a894ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 18.25 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#a894ea

RGB

rgb(168, 148, 234)

HSL

hsl(254, 67.2%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254, 36.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 36.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(66.09, 25.73, -40.77)

LCH

lch(66.09, 48.21, 302.26)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.1242, 293.7)

HWB

hwb(254, 58%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6ea94

Analogous

#94abea

#a894ea

#d394ea

Triadic

#a894ea

#eaa894

#94eaa8

Split-complementary

#a894ea

#ead394

#abea94

Tetradic

#a894ea

#ea94d6

#d6ea94

#94eaa8

Square

#a894ea

#ea94ab

#d6ea94

#94ead3

Shades

Color #a894ea mixed toward black.

#7d5fe0

#522ad5

#3d1fa0

#29156a

#140a35

Tints

Color #a894ea mixed toward white.

#b7a6ee

#c5b8f1

#d4c9f5

#e2dbf8

#f1edfc

Tones

Color #a894ea mixed toward gray.

#ac9be3

#b0a2dc

#b4a9d5

#b7b1cd

#bbb8c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0d9 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#a1a2d5 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#a7cbc7 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a894ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a894ea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Medium Purple #9370db

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a894ea (#a894ea) is rgb(168, 148, 234) in RGB.

No, #a894ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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