#a49be6

Color #a49be6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.15 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a49be6

RGB

rgb(164, 155, 230)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 60%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 32.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(67.31, 19.64, -36.69)

LCH

lch(67.31, 41.62, 298.16)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.1078, 288.89)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 60.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dde69b

Analogous

#9bb8e6

#a49be6

#ca9be6

Triadic

#a49be6

#e6a49b

#9be6a4

Split-complementary

#a49be6

#e6ca9b

#b8e69b

Tetradic

#a49be6

#e69bdd

#dde69b

#9be6a4

Square

#a49be6

#e69bb8

#dde69b

#9be6ca

Shades

Color #a49be6 mixed toward black.

#7568d9

#4734cc

#34279a

#231a67

#110d33

Tints

Color #a49be6 mixed toward white.

#b3acea

#c2bcee

#d2cdf3

#e1def7

#f0eefb

Tones

Color #a49be6 mixed toward gray.

#a9a1e0

#aea8da

#b2aed3

#b7b4cd

#bcbac7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0d7 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#a1a1d3 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a4cac7 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49be6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49be6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a49be6 (#a49be6) is rgb(164, 155, 230) in RGB.

No, #a49be6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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