#a296fa

Color #a296fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.45 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a296fa

RGB

rgb(162, 150, 250)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 90.9%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 40%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 40%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(66.82, 27.02, -48.44)

LCH

lch(66.82, 55.47, 299.15)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.1428, 287.78)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 58.8%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eefa96

Analogous

#96bcfa

#a296fa

#d496fa

Triadic

#a296fa

#faa296

#96faa2

Split-complementary

#a296fa

#fad496

#bcfa96

Tetradic

#a296fa

#fa96ee

#eefa96

#96faa2

Square

#a296fa

#fa96bc

#eefa96

#96fad4

Shades

Color #a296fa mixed toward black.

#6a56f7

#3117f4

#1f09bf

#15067f

#0a0340

Tints

Color #a296fa mixed toward white.

#b1a7fb

#c1b9fc

#d0cafc

#e0dcfd

#efedfe

Tones

Color #a296fa mixed toward gray.

#a89ef2

#afa7e9

#b5afe1

#bbb7d9

#c2c0d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9de7 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#9e9fe2 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#a1d6d2 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a296fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a296fa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a296fa (#a296fa) is rgb(162, 150, 250) in RGB.

No, #a296fa 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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