#a9a5ea

Color #a9a5ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a5ea

RGB

rgb(169, 165, 234)

HSL

hsl(243.5, 62.2%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.5, 29.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(70.38, 16.42, -34.1)

LCH

lch(70.38, 37.85, 295.71)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0985, 286.39)

HWB

hwb(243.5, 64.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6eaa5

Analogous

#a5c3ea

#a9a5ea

#cba5ea

Triadic

#a9a5ea

#eaa9a5

#a5eaa9

Split-complementary

#a9a5ea

#eacba5

#c3eaa5

Tetradic

#a9a5ea

#eaa5e6

#e6eaa5

#a5eaa9

Square

#a9a5ea

#eaa5c3

#e6eaa5

#a5eacb

Shades

Color #a9a5ea mixed toward black.

#756fdd

#4239d1

#2d26a2

#1e196c

#0f0d36

Tints

Color #a9a5ea mixed toward white.

#b7b4ed

#c6c3f1

#d4d2f4

#e2e1f8

#f1f0fb

Tones

Color #a9a5ea mixed toward gray.

#aeabe4

#b3b0de

#b8b6d9

#bdbcd3

#c2c2cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7dc · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a8a8d8 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#a9d0cd · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 21.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a5ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a5ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9a5ea (#a9a5ea) is rgb(169, 165, 234) in RGB.

No, #a9a5ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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