#a8a8e2

Color #a8a8e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 21.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a8e2

RGB

rgb(168, 168, 226)

HSL

hsl(240, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(70.75, 12.51, -29.16)

LCH

lch(70.75, 31.73, 293.22)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0829, 284.24)

HWB

hwb(240, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e2a8

Analogous

#a8c5e2

#a8a8e2

#c5a8e2

Triadic

#a8a8e2

#e2a8a8

#a8e2a8

Split-complementary

#a8a8e2

#e2c5a8

#c5e2a8

Tetradic

#a8a8e2

#e2a8e2

#e2e2a8

#a8e2a8

Square

#a8a8e2

#e2a8c5

#e2e2a8

#a8e2c5

Shades

Color #a8a8e2 mixed toward black.

#7777d2

#4646c1

#313194

#212163

#101031

Tints

Color #a8a8e2 mixed toward white.

#b7b7e7

#c5c5ec

#d4d4f1

#e2e2f5

#f1f1fa

Tones

Color #a8a8e2 mixed toward gray.

#adaddd

#b2b2d8

#b7b7d4

#bbbbcf

#c0c0ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8d6 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#a8a8d3 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a8ccc9 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 19.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a8e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a8e2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8a8e2 (#a8a8e2) is rgb(168, 168, 226) in RGB.

No, #a8a8e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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