#a0a1ec

Color #a0a1ec

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.27 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a0a1ec

RGB

rgb(160, 161, 236)

HSL

hsl(239.2, 66.7%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.2, 32.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.2%, 31.8%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(68.76, 16.61, -37.75)

LCH

lch(68.76, 41.24, 293.75)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.1078, 282.86)

HWB

hwb(239.2, 62.7%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eceba0

Analogous

#a0c7ec

#a0a1ec

#c5a0ec

Triadic

#a0a1ec

#eca0a1

#a1eca0

Split-complementary

#a0a1ec

#ecc5a0

#c7eca0

Tetradic

#a0a1ec

#eba0ec

#eceba0

#a1eca0

Square

#a0a1ec

#eca0c7

#eceba0

#a0ecc5

Shades

Color #a0a1ec mixed toward black.

#696ae1

#3234d6

#2123a5

#16176e

#0b0c37

Tints

Color #a0a1ec mixed toward white.

#b0b0ef

#c0c0f2

#cfd0f5

#dfe0f9

#efeffc

Tones

Color #a0a1ec mixed toward gray.

#a6a7e6

#acaddf

#b3b3d9

#b9bad3

#c0c0cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0dd · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#a0a0d9 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#a0d0cd · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a0a1ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0a1ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a0a1ec (#a0a1ec) is rgb(160, 161, 236) in RGB.

No, #a0a1ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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