#a9a5d1

Color #a9a5d1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.28 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a5d1

RGB

rgb(169, 165, 209)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 32.4%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 21.1%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(69.43, 10.54, -21.83)

LCH

lch(69.43, 24.24, 295.77)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0631, 288.95)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 64.7%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdd1a5

Analogous

#a5b7d1

#a9a5d1

#bfa5d1

Triadic

#a9a5d1

#d1a9a5

#a5d1a9

Split-complementary

#a9a5d1

#d1bfa5

#b7d1a5

Tetradic

#a9a5d1

#d1a5cd

#cdd1a5

#a5d1a9

Square

#a9a5d1

#d1a5b7

#cdd1a5

#a5d1bf

Shades

Color #a9a5d1 mixed toward black.

#827cbc

#5c54a5

#453f7c

#2e2a52

#171529

Tints

Color #a9a5d1 mixed toward white.

#b7b4d9

#c6c3e0

#d4d2e8

#e2e1f0

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #a9a5d1 mixed toward gray.

#aca9cd

#afacca

#b2b0c6

#b5b4c2

#b8b7bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7c8 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a8c5 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#a9c0be · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 16.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a5d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a5d1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9a5d1 (#a9a5d1) is rgb(169, 165, 209) in RGB.

No, #a9a5d1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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