#a48cff

Color #a48cff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.97 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a48cff

RGB

rgb(164, 140, 255)

HSL

hsl(252.5, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.5, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 45.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(64.86, 34.52, -54.26)

LCH

lch(64.86, 64.31, 302.46)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.1642, 291.25)

HWB

hwb(252.5, 54.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7ff8c

Analogous

#8caeff

#a48cff

#de8cff

Triadic

#a48cff

#ffa48c

#8cffa4

Split-complementary

#a48cff

#ffde8c

#aeff8c

Tetradic

#a48cff

#ff8ce7

#e7ff8c

#8cffa4

Square

#a48cff

#ff8cae

#e7ff8c

#8cffde

Shades

Color #a48cff mixed toward black.

#704aff

#3c09ff

#2900c6

#1b0084

#0e0042

Tints

Color #a48cff mixed toward white.

#b39fff

#c2b3ff

#d2c6ff

#e1d9ff

#f0ecff

Tones

Color #a48cff mixed toward gray.

#aa96f5

#af9fec

#b5a9e2

#bab3d9

#c0bccf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aea · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#9c9de4 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#a3d7d3 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a48cff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a48cff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a48cff (#a48cff) is rgb(164, 140, 255) in RGB.

No, #a48cff 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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