#a399ba

Color #a399ba

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 16.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a399ba

RGB

rgb(163, 153, 186)

HSL

hsl(258.2, 19.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.2, 17.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(65.05, 10.23, -15.74)

LCH

lch(65.05, 18.77, 303.02)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0488, 299.03)

HWB

hwb(258.2, 60%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0ba99

Analogous

#99a0ba

#a399ba

#b499ba

Triadic

#a399ba

#baa399

#99baa3

Split-complementary

#a399ba

#bab499

#a0ba99

Tetradic

#a399ba

#ba99b0

#b0ba99

#99baa3

Square

#a399ba

#ba99a0

#b0ba99

#99bab4

Shades

Color #a399ba mixed toward black.

#8577a3

#685b87

#4e4465

#342e43

#1a1722

Tints

Color #a399ba mixed toward white.

#b2aac6

#c2bbd1

#d1ccdd

#e0dde8

#f0eef4

Tones

Color #a399ba mixed toward gray.

#a49cb7

#a59fb5

#a6a1b2

#a7a4af

#a8a7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fb3 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#9fa0b1 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#a3adab · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a399ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a399ba]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a399ba (#a399ba) is rgb(163, 153, 186) in RGB.

No, #a399ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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