#a197f1

Color #a197f1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a197f1

RGB

rgb(161, 151, 241)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 76.3%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 37.3%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 37.3%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(66.57, 23.85, -43.92)

LCH

lch(66.57, 49.98, 298.5)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.1291, 287.82)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 59.2%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7f197

Analogous

#97baf1

#a197f1

#ce97f1

Triadic

#a197f1

#f1a197

#97f1a1

Split-complementary

#a197f1

#f1ce97

#baf197

Tetradic

#a197f1

#f197e7

#e7f197

#97f1a1

Square

#a197f1

#f197ba

#e7f197

#97f1ce

Shades

Color #a197f1 mixed toward black.

#6d5ee9

#3924e2

#2817ad

#1b0f73

#0d083a

Tints

Color #a197f1 mixed toward white.

#b1a8f3

#c0baf6

#d0cbf8

#e0dcfa

#efeefd

Tones

Color #a197f1 mixed toward gray.

#a79fea

#ada6e2

#b3aedb

#b8b5d3

#bebdcc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9ddf · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9d9edb · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#a1d0cd · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a197f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a197f1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a197f1 (#a197f1) is rgb(161, 151, 241) in RGB.

No, #a197f1 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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