#a4a0e3

Color #a4a0e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.55 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a4a0e3

RGB

rgb(164, 160, 227)

HSL

hsl(243.6, 54.5%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.6, 29.5%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 29.5%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(68.45, 16.07, -33.29)

LCH

lch(68.45, 36.97, 295.77)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0962, 286.49)

HWB

hwb(243.6, 62.7%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfe3a0

Analogous

#a0bee3

#a4a0e3

#c6a0e3

Triadic

#a4a0e3

#e3a4a0

#a0e3a4

Split-complementary

#a4a0e3

#e3c6a0

#bee3a0

Tetradic

#a4a0e3

#e3a0df

#dfe3a0

#a0e3a4

Square

#a4a0e3

#e3a0be

#dfe3a0

#a0e3c6

Shades

Color #a4a0e3 mixed toward black.

#746ed4

#453cc6

#322c96

#221d64

#110f32

Tints

Color #a4a0e3 mixed toward white.

#b3b0e8

#c2c0ec

#d2d0f1

#e1dff6

#f0effa

Tones

Color #a4a0e3 mixed toward gray.

#a9a6dd

#aeabd8

#b3b1d2

#b8b6cd

#bdbcc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2d5 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#a3a3d2 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#a4cac7 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4a0e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4a0e3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a4a0e3 (#a4a0e3) is rgb(164, 160, 227) in RGB.

No, #a4a0e3 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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