#a9a6ca

Color #a9a6ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a6ca

RGB

rgb(169, 166, 202)

HSL

hsl(245, 25.4%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245, 17.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(69.45, 8.42, -17.94)

LCH

lch(69.45, 19.82, 295.14)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0516, 288.89)

HWB

hwb(245, 65.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7caa6

Analogous

#a6b5ca

#a9a6ca

#bba6ca

Triadic

#a9a6ca

#caa9a6

#a6caa9

Split-complementary

#a9a6ca

#cabba6

#b5caa6

Tetradic

#a9a6ca

#caa6c7

#c7caa6

#a6caa9

Square

#a9a6ca

#caa6b5

#c7caa6

#a6cabb

Shades

Color #a9a6ca mixed toward black.

#8480b3

#615c9a

#494573

#302e4d

#181726

Tints

Color #a9a6ca mixed toward white.

#b7b5d3

#c6c4dc

#d4d3e5

#e2e1ed

#f1f0f6

Tones

Color #a9a6ca mixed toward gray.

#aca9c7

#aeacc4

#b1afc1

#b3b2be

#b6b5bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

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

#a8a8c2 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#a8a8c0 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#a9bcba · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 14.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a6ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a6ca]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a9a6ca (#a9a6ca) is rgb(169, 166, 202) in RGB.

No, #a9a6ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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