#ab9ee6

Color #ab9ee6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.43 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ab9ee6

RGB

rgb(171, 158, 230)

HSL

hsl(250.8, 59%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.8, 31.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 31.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(68.62, 19.97, -34.61)

LCH

lch(68.62, 39.96, 299.98)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.1034, 291.92)

HWB

hwb(250.8, 62%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9e69e

Analogous

#9eb5e6

#ab9ee6

#cf9ee6

Triadic

#ab9ee6

#e6ab9e

#9ee6ab

Split-complementary

#ab9ee6

#e6cf9e

#b5e69e

Tetradic

#ab9ee6

#e69ed9

#d9e69e

#9ee6ab

Square

#ab9ee6

#e69eb5

#d9e69e

#9ee6cf

Shades

Color #ab9ee6 mixed toward black.

#7e6bd9

#5237cb

#3c289a

#281b67

#140d33

Tints

Color #ab9ee6 mixed toward white.

#b9aeea

#c7beee

#d5cff3

#e3dff7

#f1effb

Tones

Color #ab9ee6 mixed toward gray.

#afa4e0

#b3aada

#b7b0d4

#bab6ce

#bebcc8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a5d7 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#a6a7d4 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#aacbc8 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab9ee6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab9ee6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ab9ee6 (#ab9ee6) is rgb(171, 158, 230) in RGB.

No, #ab9ee6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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