#a49bca

Color #a49bca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 19.48 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a49bca

RGB

rgb(164, 155, 202)

HSL

hsl(251.5, 30.7%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.5, 23.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(66.21, 12.97, -22.9)

LCH

lch(66.21, 26.32, 299.53)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0683, 293.37)

HWB

hwb(251.5, 60.8%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1ca9b

Analogous

#9ba9ca

#a49bca

#bc9bca

Triadic

#a49bca

#caa49b

#9bcaa4

Split-complementary

#a49bca

#cabc9b

#a9ca9b

Tetradic

#a49bca

#ca9bc1

#c1ca9b

#9bcaa4

Square

#a49bca

#ca9ba9

#c1ca9b

#9bcabc

Shades

Color #a49bca mixed toward black.

#8174b5

#60529c

#483e75

#30294e

#181527

Tints

Color #a49bca mixed toward white.

#b3acd3

#c2bcdc

#d2cde4

#e1deed

#f0eef6

Tones

Color #a49bca mixed toward gray.

#a69fc6

#a9a3c2

#aba7be

#aeabba

#b0afb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0c0 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#a1a1bd · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#a4b8b6 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49bca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49bca]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a49bca (#a49bca) is rgb(164, 155, 202) in RGB.

No, #a49bca 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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