#a48ddc

Color #a48ddc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 19.32 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a48ddc

RGB

rgb(164, 141, 220)

HSL

hsl(257.5, 53%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.5, 35.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 35.9%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(63.43, 25.15, -37.21)

LCH

lch(63.43, 44.91, 304.05)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1157, 296.7)

HWB

hwb(257.5, 55.3%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5dc8d

Analogous

#8d9edc

#a48ddc

#cc8ddc

Triadic

#a48ddc

#dca48d

#8ddca4

Split-complementary

#a48ddc

#dccc8d

#9edc8d

Tetradic

#a48ddc

#dc8dc5

#c5dc8d

#8ddca4

Square

#a48ddc

#dc8d9e

#c5dc8d

#8ddccc

Shades

Color #a48ddc mixed toward black.

#7f5fce

#5e39b8

#462a8a

#2f1c5c

#170e2e

Tints

Color #a48ddc mixed toward white.

#b3a0e2

#c2b3e8

#d2c6ee

#e1d9f3

#f0ecf9

Tones

Color #a48ddc mixed toward gray.

#a794d5

#aa9acf

#aca1c8

#afa7c2

#b2aebb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9acc · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#9c9ec9 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#a3bfbc · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a48ddc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a48ddc]

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

#a48ddc (#a48ddc) is rgb(164, 141, 220) in RGB.

No, #a48ddc 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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