#a38fe8

Color #a38fe8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.81 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a38fe8

RGB

rgb(163, 143, 232)

HSL

hsl(253.5, 65.9%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.5, 38.4%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 38.4%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(64.37, 26.67, -42.4)

LCH

lch(64.37, 50.09, 302.17)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.1289, 293.12)

HWB

hwb(253.5, 56.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4e88f

Analogous

#8fa7e8

#a38fe8

#cf8fe8

Triadic

#a38fe8

#e8a38f

#8fe8a3

Split-complementary

#a38fe8

#e8cf8f

#a7e88f

Tetradic

#a38fe8

#e88fd4

#d4e88f

#8fe8a3

Square

#a38fe8

#e88fa7

#d4e88f

#8fe8cf

Shades

Color #a38fe8 mixed toward black.

#785bdd

#502bcf

#3c209b

#281568

#140b34

Tints

Color #a38fe8 mixed toward white.

#b2a2ec

#c2b4f0

#d1c7f3

#e0daf7

#f0ecfb

Tones

Color #a38fe8 mixed toward gray.

#a796e1

#ab9ed9

#afa5d2

#b3adca

#b7b4c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bd7 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#9c9dd2 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#a2c8c4 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a38fe8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a38fe8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a38fe8 (#a38fe8) is rgb(163, 143, 232) in RGB.

No, #a38fe8 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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