#a299d8

Color #a299d8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.52 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a299d8

RGB

rgb(162, 153, 216)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 44.7%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 29.2%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 29.2%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(66.08, 16.76, -30.9)

LCH

lch(66.08, 35.15, 298.48)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0911, 290.42)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 60%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cfd899

Analogous

#99b0d8

#a299d8

#c299d8

Triadic

#a299d8

#d8a299

#99d8a2

Split-complementary

#a299d8

#d8c299

#b0d899

Tetradic

#a299d8

#d899cf

#cfd899

#99d8a2

Square

#a299d8

#d899b0

#cfd899

#99d8c2

Shades

Color #a299d8 mixed toward black.

#7a6dc7

#5444b2

#3f3386

#2a2259

#15112d

Tints

Color #a299d8 mixed toward white.

#b2aadf

#c1bbe5

#d1ccec

#e0ddf2

#f0eef9

Tones

Color #a299d8 mixed toward gray.

#a69ed3

#aaa4ce

#ada9c8

#b1aec3

#b5b3be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ecb · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9f9fc8 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#a2c0bd · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a299d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a299d8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a299d8 (#a299d8) is rgb(162, 153, 216) in RGB.

No, #a299d8 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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