#a59bc8

Color #a59bc8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.69 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a59bc8

RGB

rgb(165, 155, 200)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 29%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 22.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(66.22, 12.84, -21.77)

LCH

lch(66.22, 25.27, 300.53)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0656, 294.88)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 60.8%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bec89b

Analogous

#9ba8c8

#a59bc8

#bb9bc8

Triadic

#a59bc8

#c8a59b

#9bc8a5

Split-complementary

#a59bc8

#c8bb9b

#a8c89b

Tetradic

#a59bc8

#c89bbe

#bec89b

#9bc8a5

Square

#a59bc8

#c89ba8

#bec89b

#9bc8bb

Shades

Color #a59bc8 mixed toward black.

#8375b3

#635499

#4a3f72

#322a4c

#191526

Tints

Color #a59bc8 mixed toward white.

#b4acd1

#c3bcda

#d2cde3

#e1deed

#f0eef6

Tones

Color #a59bc8 mixed toward gray.

#a79fc4

#a9a2c0

#aba6bd

#adaab9

#afaeb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1be · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#a1a2bc · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#a5b6b4 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a59bc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a59bc8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a59bc8 (#a59bc8) is rgb(165, 155, 200) in RGB.

No, #a59bc8 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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