#a59eff

Color #a59eff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.02 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a59eff

RGB

rgb(165, 158, 255)

HSL

hsl(244.3, 100%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.3, 38%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.3%, 38%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(69.24, 24.57, -47.34)

LCH

lch(69.24, 53.34, 297.43)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.138, 285.81)

HWB

hwb(244.3, 62%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8ff9e

Analogous

#9ec8ff

#a59eff

#d59eff

Triadic

#a59eff

#ffa59e

#9effa5

Split-complementary

#a59eff

#ffd59e

#c8ff9e

Tetradic

#a59eff

#ff9ef8

#f8ff9e

#9effa5

Square

#a59eff

#ff9ec8

#f8ff9e

#9effd5

Shades

Color #a59eff mixed toward black.

#6559ff

#2514ff

#0f00cf

#0a008a

#050045

Tints

Color #a59eff mixed toward white.

#b4aeff

#c3beff

#d2cfff

#e1dfff

#f0efff

Tones

Color #a59eff mixed toward gray.

#aca6f7

#b3aeef

#bab6e7

#c1bedf

#c8c6d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2ec · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#a2a3e7 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#a5dcd8 · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 24.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a59eff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a59eff]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a59eff (#a59eff) is rgb(165, 158, 255) in RGB.

No, #a59eff 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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