#a3a7ca

Color #a3a7ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.09 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a3a7ca

RGB

rgb(163, 167, 202)

HSL

hsl(233.8, 26.9%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.8, 19.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(69.25, 5.94, -18.29)

LCH

lch(69.25, 19.23, 287.99)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0507, 279.89)

HWB

hwb(233.8, 63.9%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cac6a3

Analogous

#a3bbca

#a3a7ca

#b3a3ca

Triadic

#a3a7ca

#caa3a7

#a7caa3

Split-complementary

#a3a7ca

#cab3a3

#bbcaa3

Tetradic

#a3a7ca

#c6a3ca

#cac6a3

#a7caa3

Square

#a3a7ca

#caa3bb

#cac6a3

#a3cab3

Shades

Color #a3a7ca mixed toward black.

#7c82b4

#59609a

#434874

#2c304d

#161827

Tints

Color #a3a7ca mixed toward white.

#b2b6d3

#c2c4dc

#d1d3e5

#e0e2ed

#f0f0f6

Tones

Color #a3a7ca mixed toward gray.

#a6aac7

#aaacc4

#adafc0

#b0b1bd

#b3b4ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5c2 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#a5a4c0 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#a3bcba · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a3a7ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3a7ca]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a3a7ca (#a3a7ca) is rgb(163, 167, 202) in RGB.

No, #a3a7ca 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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