#a097e6

Color #a097e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a097e6

RGB

rgb(160, 151, 230)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 61.2%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 34.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(66, 20.77, -38.77)

LCH

lch(66, 43.98, 298.18)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.1138, 288.39)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 59.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dde697

Analogous

#97b6e6

#a097e6

#c797e6

Triadic

#a097e6

#e6a097

#97e6a0

Split-complementary

#a097e6

#e6c797

#b6e697

Tetradic

#a097e6

#e697dd

#dde697

#97e6a0

Square

#a097e6

#e697b6

#dde697

#97e6c7

Shades

Color #a097e6 mixed toward black.

#7164da

#4331cd

#32259a

#211966

#110c33

Tints

Color #a097e6 mixed toward white.

#b0a8ea

#c0baee

#cfcbf2

#dfdcf7

#efeefb

Tones

Color #a097e6 mixed toward gray.

#a59edf

#aaa4d9

#afabd2

#b4b1cc

#b9b8c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cd6 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#9d9dd2 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a0c9c6 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a097e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a097e6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a097e6 (#a097e6) is rgb(160, 151, 230) in RGB.

No, #a097e6 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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