#a08ed5

Color #a08ed5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.17 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a08ed5

RGB

rgb(160, 142, 213)

HSL

hsl(255.2, 45.8%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.2, 33.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(63.03, 21.71, -33.97)

LCH

lch(63.03, 40.31, 302.58)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.1041, 295.19)

HWB

hwb(255.2, 55.7%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3d58e

Analogous

#8e9fd5

#a08ed5

#c38ed5

Triadic

#a08ed5

#d5a08e

#8ed5a0

Split-complementary

#a08ed5

#d5c38e

#9fd58e

Tetradic

#a08ed5

#d58ec3

#c3d58e

#8ed5a0

Square

#a08ed5

#d58e9f

#c3d58e

#8ed5c3

Shades

Color #a08ed5 mixed toward black.

#7c63c5

#5c40ad

#453081

#2e2056

#17102b

Tints

Color #a08ed5 mixed toward white.

#b0a1dc

#c0b4e3

#cfc6ea

#dfd9f1

#efecf8

Tones

Color #a08ed5 mixed toward gray.

#a394cf

#a69ac9

#a9a0c3

#aca6bd

#afacb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998c7 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#9a9bc3 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#9fbbb8 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a08ed5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a08ed5]

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

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Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#a08ed5 (#a08ed5) is rgb(160, 142, 213) in RGB.

No, #a08ed5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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