#a2a8ea

Color #a2a8ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.11 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a2a8ea

RGB

rgb(162, 168, 234)

HSL

hsl(235, 63.2%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235, 30.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(70.61, 12.73, -33.77)

LCH

lch(70.61, 36.09, 290.65)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0951, 279.81)

HWB

hwb(235, 63.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae4a2

Analogous

#a2ccea

#a2a8ea

#c0a2ea

Triadic

#a2a8ea

#eaa2a8

#a8eaa2

Split-complementary

#a2a8ea

#eac0a2

#cceaa2

Tetradic

#a2a8ea

#e4a2ea

#eae4a2

#a8eaa2

Square

#a2a8ea

#eaa2cc

#eae4a2

#a2eac0

Shades

Color #a2a8ea mixed toward black.

#6c75de

#3643d2

#242fa1

#181f6c

#0c1036

Tints

Color #a2a8ea mixed toward white.

#b1b6ed

#c1c5f1

#d0d3f4

#e0e2f8

#eff0fb

Tones

Color #a2a8ea mixed toward gray.

#a8ade4

#aeb2de

#b4b7d8

#babcd2

#c0c1cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5dc · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a4a4d9 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#a2d1ce · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a2a8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a2a8ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a2a8ea (#a2a8ea) is rgb(162, 168, 234) in RGB.

No, #a2a8ea 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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