#a48aff

Color #a48aff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a48aff

RGB

rgb(164, 138, 255)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(64.39, 35.65, -55)

LCH

lch(64.39, 65.54, 302.95)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.167, 291.79)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 54.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ff8a

Analogous

#8aabff

#a48aff

#de8aff

Triadic

#a48aff

#ffa48a

#8affa4

Split-complementary

#a48aff

#ffde8a

#abff8a

Tetradic

#a48aff

#ff8ae5

#e5ff8a

#8affa4

Square

#a48aff

#ff8aab

#e5ff8a

#8affde

Shades

Color #a48aff mixed toward black.

#7149ff

#3e07ff

#2c00c5

#1d0083

#0f0042

Tints

Color #a48aff mixed toward white.

#b39eff

#c2b1ff

#d2c5ff

#e1d8ff

#f0ecff

Tones

Color #a48aff mixed toward gray.

#aa94f5

#af9eec

#b4a7e2

#bab1d8

#bfbbce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999ea · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#9b9de4 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#a3d7d2 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 26.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a48aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a48aff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a48aff (#a48aff) is rgb(164, 138, 255) in RGB.

No, #a48aff 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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