#a299de

Color #a299de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.37 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a299de

RGB

rgb(162, 153, 222)

HSL

hsl(247.8, 51.1%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.8, 31.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(66.32, 18.22, -33.84)

LCH

lch(66.32, 38.43, 298.3)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0996, 289.6)

HWB

hwb(247.8, 60%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5de99

Analogous

#99b2de

#a299de

#c499de

Triadic

#a299de

#dea299

#99dea2

Split-complementary

#a299de

#dec499

#b2de99

Tetradic

#a299de

#de99d5

#d5de99

#99dea2

Square

#a299de

#de99b2

#d5de99

#99dec4

Shades

Color #a299de mixed toward black.

#776acf

#4e3dbd

#3a2e8e

#271f5e

#130f2f

Tints

Color #a299de mixed toward white.

#b1aae3

#c1bbe9

#d0ccee

#e0ddf4

#efeef9

Tones

Color #a299de mixed toward gray.

#a69fd8

#aaa4d2

#afaacd

#b3b0c7

#b7b6c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ed0 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#9f9fcc · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#a2c4c1 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a299de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a299de]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a299de (#a299de) is rgb(162, 153, 222) in RGB.

No, #a299de 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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