#a8a5e6

Color #a8a5e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a5e6

RGB

rgb(168, 165, 230)

HSL

hsl(242.8, 56.5%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.8, 28.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(70.14, 15.16, -32.28)

LCH

lch(70.14, 35.66, 295.16)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0929, 286.06)

HWB

hwb(242.8, 64.7%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3e6a5

Analogous

#a5c3e6

#a8a5e6

#c9a5e6

Triadic

#a8a5e6

#e6a8a5

#a5e6a8

Split-complementary

#a8a5e6

#e6c9a5

#c3e6a5

Tetradic

#a8a5e6

#e6a5e3

#e3e6a5

#a5e6a8

Square

#a8a5e6

#e6a5c3

#e3e6a5

#a5e6c9

Shades

Color #a8a5e6 mixed toward black.

#7672d8

#453ec9

#302b9b

#201d67

#100e34

Tints

Color #a8a5e6 mixed toward white.

#b7b4ea

#c5c3ee

#d4d2f3

#e2e1f7

#f1f0fb

Tones

Color #a8a5e6 mixed toward gray.

#adabe1

#b2b0db

#b7b5d6

#bcbbd0

#c1c0cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7d9 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a7a7d5 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#a8cdcb · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a5e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a5e6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8a5e6 (#a8a5e6) is rgb(168, 165, 230) in RGB.

No, #a8a5e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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