#a299d1

Color #a299d1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a299d1

RGB

rgb(162, 153, 209)

HSL

hsl(249.6, 37.8%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.6, 26.8%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(65.8, 15.1, -27.44)

LCH

lch(65.8, 31.32, 298.82)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0813, 291.58)

HWB

hwb(249.6, 60%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8d199

Analogous

#99acd1

#a299d1

#be99d1

Triadic

#a299d1

#d1a299

#99d1a2

Split-complementary

#a299d1

#d1be99

#acd199

Tetradic

#a299d1

#d199c8

#c8d199

#99d1a2

Square

#a299d1

#d199ac

#c8d199

#99d1be

Shades

Color #a299d1 mixed toward black.

#7c70be

#5a4ba6

#43387d

#2d2653

#16132a

Tints

Color #a299d1 mixed toward white.

#b2aad9

#c1bbe0

#d1cce8

#e0ddf0

#f0eef7

Tones

Color #a299d1 mixed toward gray.

#a59ecc

#a8a2c8

#aca7c3

#afacbe

#b2b0ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ec5 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9f9fc2 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#a2bbb9 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a299d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a299d1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a299d1 (#a299d1) is rgb(162, 153, 209) in RGB.

No, #a299d1 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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