#a49fc5

Color #a49fc5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.15 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a49fc5

RGB

rgb(164, 159, 197)

HSL

hsl(247.9, 24.7%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.9, 19.3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(67.07, 9.6, -18.82)

LCH

lch(67.07, 21.13, 297.03)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.055, 291.01)

HWB

hwb(247.9, 62.4%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0c59f

Analogous

#9fadc5

#a49fc5

#b79fc5

Triadic

#a49fc5

#c5a49f

#9fc5a4

Split-complementary

#a49fc5

#c5b79f

#adc59f

Tetradic

#a49fc5

#c59fc0

#c0c59f

#9fc5a4

Square

#a49fc5

#c59fad

#c0c59f

#9fc5b7

Shades

Color #a49fc5 mixed toward black.

#817aaf

#615994

#49436f

#312d4a

#181625

Tints

Color #a49fc5 mixed toward white.

#b3afcf

#c2bfd8

#d1cfe2

#e1dfec

#f0eff5

Tones

Color #a49fc5 mixed toward gray.

#a6a2c2

#a9a5bf

#aba8bc

#adacb8

#b0afb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2bd · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#a2a3bb · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#a4b6b4 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49fc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49fc5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a49fc5 (#a49fc5) is rgb(164, 159, 197) in RGB.

No, #a49fc5 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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