#a29ad9

Color #a29ad9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.72 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a29ad9

RGB

rgb(162, 154, 217)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 45.3%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 29%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 29%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(66.37, 16.44, -31)

LCH

lch(66.37, 35.09, 297.94)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.091, 289.71)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 60.4%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1d99a

Analogous

#9ab1d9

#a29ad9

#c19ad9

Triadic

#a29ad9

#d9a29a

#9ad9a2

Split-complementary

#a29ad9

#d9c19a

#b1d99a

Tetradic

#a29ad9

#d99ad1

#d1d99a

#9ad9a2

Square

#a29ad9

#d99ab1

#d1d99a

#9ad9c1

Shades

Color #a29ad9 mixed toward black.

#786dc8

#5244b4

#3d3387

#29225a

#14112d

Tints

Color #a29ad9 mixed toward white.

#b1abdf

#c1bce6

#d0ccec

#e0ddf2

#efeef9

Tones

Color #a29ad9 mixed toward gray.

#a69fd4

#aaa4ce

#aeaac9

#b2afc4

#b5b4bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fcc · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#9fa0c9 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#a2c1be · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a29ad9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a29ad9]

Related colors

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a29ad9 (#a29ad9) is rgb(162, 154, 217) in RGB.

No, #a29ad9 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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