#a990eb

Color #a990eb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.17 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#a990eb

RGB

rgb(169, 144, 235)

HSL

hsl(256.5, 69.5%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.5, 38.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.1%, 38.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(65.26, 28.52, -42.62)

LCH

lch(65.26, 51.28, 303.79)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1318, 295.48)

HWB

hwb(256.5, 56.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2eb90

Analogous

#90a4eb

#a990eb

#d790eb

Triadic

#a990eb

#eba990

#90eba9

Split-complementary

#a990eb

#ebd790

#a4eb90

Tetradic

#a990eb

#eb90d2

#d2eb90

#90eba9

Square

#a990eb

#eb90a4

#d2eb90

#90ebd7

Shades

Color #a990eb mixed toward black.

#805ae1

#5727d6

#411da1

#2b136b

#160a36

Tints

Color #a990eb mixed toward white.

#b7a2ee

#c6b5f2

#d4c7f5

#e2daf8

#f1ecfc

Tones

Color #a990eb mixed toward gray.

#ac98e3

#b09fdc

#b3a7d4

#b7aecd

#bab6c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fd9 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#a0a2d5 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#a8cac7 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a990eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a990eb]

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

#a990eb (#a990eb) is rgb(169, 144, 235) in RGB.

No, #a990eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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