#a9a6ef

Color #a9a6ef

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.7 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a6ef

RGB

rgb(169, 166, 239)

HSL

hsl(242.5, 69.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.5, 30.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(70.83, 17.09, -36.12)

LCH

lch(70.83, 39.96, 295.32)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.1041, 285.49)

HWB

hwb(242.5, 65.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecefa6

Analogous

#a6c7ef

#a9a6ef

#cea6ef

Triadic

#a9a6ef

#efa9a6

#a6efa9

Split-complementary

#a9a6ef

#efcea6

#c7efa6

Tetradic

#a9a6ef

#efa6ec

#ecefa6

#a6efa9

Square

#a9a6ef

#efa6c7

#ecefa6

#a6efce

Shades

Color #a9a6ef mixed toward black.

#726de5

#3b34da

#251fac

#181572

#0c0a39

Tints

Color #a9a6ef mixed toward white.

#b7b5f2

#c6c4f4

#d4d2f7

#e2e1fa

#f1f0fc

Tones

Color #a9a6ef mixed toward gray.

#aface9

#b4b2e3

#bab8dd

#bfbed7

#c5c4d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8e0 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#a8a8dc · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#a9d3d1 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a6ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a6ef]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9a6ef (#a9a6ef) is rgb(169, 166, 239) in RGB.

No, #a9a6ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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