#a298be

Color #a298be

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 17.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a298be

RGB

rgb(162, 152, 190)

HSL

hsl(255.8, 22.6%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.8, 20%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(64.85, 11.33, -18.3)

LCH

lch(64.85, 21.52, 301.76)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0559, 297.02)

HWB

hwb(255.8, 59.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4be98

Analogous

#98a1be

#a298be

#b598be

Triadic

#a298be

#bea298

#98bea2

Split-complementary

#a298be

#beb598

#a1be98

Tetradic

#a298be

#be98b4

#b4be98

#98bea2

Square

#a298be

#be98a1

#b4be98

#98beb5

Shades

Color #a298be mixed toward black.

#8375a8

#66588c

#4c4269

#332c46

#191623

Tints

Color #a298be mixed toward white.

#b2a9c9

#c1bad4

#d1ccdf

#e0dde9

#f0eef4

Tones

Color #a298be mixed toward gray.

#a49bbb

#a59eb8

#a7a2b5

#a8a5b1

#aaa8ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eb6 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#9e9fb4 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#a2afad · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a298be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a298be]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a298be (#a298be) is rgb(162, 152, 190) in RGB.

No, #a298be 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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