#a59eca

Color #a59eca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.03 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a59eca

RGB

rgb(165, 158, 202)

HSL

hsl(249.5, 29.3%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.5, 21.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(67.06, 11.6, -21.6)

LCH

lch(67.06, 24.52, 298.24)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0637, 292.05)

HWB

hwb(249.5, 62%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3ca9e

Analogous

#9eadca

#a59eca

#bb9eca

Triadic

#a59eca

#caa59e

#9ecaa5

Split-complementary

#a59eca

#cabb9e

#adca9e

Tetradic

#a59eca

#ca9ec3

#c3ca9e

#9ecaa5

Square

#a59eca

#ca9ead

#c3ca9e

#9ecabb

Shades

Color #a59eca mixed toward black.

#8177b5

#60559b

#484074

#302a4e

#181527

Tints

Color #a59eca mixed toward white.

#b4aed3

#c3bedc

#d2cfe4

#e1dfed

#f0eff6

Tones

Color #a59eca mixed toward gray.

#a8a2c6

#aaa5c3

#ada9bf

#afadbb

#b2b0b8

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

#a2a2c1 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#a2a3be · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#a5b9b7 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a59eca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a59eca]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a59eca (#a59eca) is rgb(165, 158, 202) in RGB.

No, #a59eca 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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