#a59eda

Color #a59eda

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.64 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a59eda

RGB

rgb(165, 158, 218)

HSL

hsl(247, 44.8%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247, 27.5%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(67.66, 15.32, -29.54)

LCH

lch(67.66, 33.28, 297.41)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.0864, 289.4)

HWB

hwb(247, 62%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3da9e

Analogous

#9eb5da

#a59eda

#c39eda

Triadic

#a59eda

#daa59e

#9edaa5

Split-complementary

#a59eda

#dac39e

#b5da9e

Tetradic

#a59eda

#da9ed3

#d3da9e

#9edaa5

Square

#a59eda

#da9eb5

#d3da9e

#9edac3

Shades

Color #a59eda mixed toward black.

#7b71c9

#5245b5

#3e3488

#29235b

#15112d

Tints

Color #a59eda mixed toward white.

#b4aee0

#c3bee6

#d2ceec

#e1dff3

#f0eff9

Tones

Color #a59eda mixed toward gray.

#a9a3d5

#ada8d0

#b0adcb

#b4b2c6

#b8b7c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2ce · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#a2a3ca · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#a5c3c1 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a59eda;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a59eda]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a59eda (#a59eda) is rgb(165, 158, 218) in RGB.

No, #a59eda 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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