#a49bff

Color #a49bff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.31 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a49bff

RGB

rgb(164, 155, 255)

HSL

hsl(245.4, 100%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.4, 39.2%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(68.43, 26.01, -48.62)

LCH

lch(68.43, 55.14, 298.15)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1424, 286.49)

HWB

hwb(245.4, 60.8%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6ff9b

Analogous

#9bc4ff

#a49bff

#d69bff

Triadic

#a49bff

#ffa49b

#9bffa4

Split-complementary

#a49bff

#ffd69b

#c4ff9b

Tetradic

#a49bff

#ff9bf6

#f6ff9b

#9bffa4

Square

#a49bff

#ff9bc4

#f6ff9b

#9bffd6

Shades

Color #a49bff mixed toward black.

#6657ff

#2812ff

#1200cd

#0c0089

#060044

Tints

Color #a49bff mixed toward white.

#b3acff

#c2bcff

#d2cdff

#e1deff

#f0eeff

Tones

Color #a49bff mixed toward gray.

#aba3f7

#b2acee

#b9b4e6

#bfbcde

#c6c5d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0ec · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#a1a1e7 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#a4dbd7 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49bff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49bff]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a49bff (#a49bff) is rgb(164, 155, 255) in RGB.

No, #a49bff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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