#a49fcd

Color #a49fcd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 18.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a49fcd

RGB

rgb(164, 159, 205)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 31.5%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 22.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(67.35, 11.41, -22.83)

LCH

lch(67.35, 25.52, 296.56)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0664, 289.64)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 62.4%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8cd9f

Analogous

#9fb1cd

#a49fcd

#bb9fcd

Triadic

#a49fcd

#cda49f

#9fcda4

Split-complementary

#a49fcd

#cdbb9f

#b1cd9f

Tetradic

#a49fcd

#cd9fc8

#c8cd9f

#9fcda4

Square

#a49fcd

#cd9fb1

#c8cd9f

#9fcdbb

Shades

Color #a49fcd mixed toward black.

#7e77b8

#5b53a0

#453e78

#2e2a50

#171528

Tints

Color #a49fcd mixed toward white.

#b3afd5

#c2bfde

#d2cfe6

#e1dfee

#f0eff7

Tones

Color #a49fcd mixed toward gray.

#a7a3c9

#aaa7c5

#adabc2

#b0aebe

#b3b2ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2c3 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#a2a3c1 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#a4bbb9 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49fcd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49fcd]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a49fcd (#a49fcd) is rgb(164, 159, 205) in RGB.

No, #a49fcd 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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