#a896e6

Color #a896e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.71 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a896e6

RGB

rgb(168, 150, 230)

HSL

hsl(253.5, 61.5%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.5, 34.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(66.41, 23.62, -38.08)

LCH

lch(66.41, 44.81, 301.81)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.1156, 293.62)

HWB

hwb(253.5, 58.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4e696

Analogous

#96ace6

#a896e6

#d096e6

Triadic

#a896e6

#e6a896

#96e6a8

Split-complementary

#a896e6

#e6d096

#ace696

Tetradic

#a896e6

#e696d4

#d4e696

#96e6a8

Square

#a896e6

#e696ac

#d4e696

#96e6d0

Shades

Color #a896e6 mixed toward black.

#7e63da

#5431cd

#3f2599

#2a1866

#150c33

Tints

Color #a896e6 mixed toward white.

#b6a7ea

#c5b9ee

#d3caf2

#e2dcf7

#f0edfb

Tones

Color #a896e6 mixed toward gray.

#ac9ddf

#afa3d9

#b3aad2

#b7b1cb

#bab7c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a0d6 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#a2a3d2 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#a7c8c5 · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a896e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a896e6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a896e6 (#a896e6) is rgb(168, 150, 230) in RGB.

No, #a896e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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