#a5a0ef

Color #a5a0ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.04 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a5a0ef

RGB

rgb(165, 160, 239)

HSL

hsl(243.8, 71.2%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.8, 33.1%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 33.1%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(69.02, 19.34, -38.96)

LCH

lch(69.02, 43.5, 296.4)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.113, 286.19)

HWB

hwb(243.8, 62.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaefa0

Analogous

#a0c2ef

#a5a0ef

#cca0ef

Triadic

#a5a0ef

#efa5a0

#a0efa5

Split-complementary

#a5a0ef

#efcca0

#c2efa0

Tetradic

#a5a0ef

#efa0ea

#eaefa0

#a0efa5

Square

#a5a0ef

#efa0c2

#eaefa0

#a0efcc

Shades

Color #a5a0ef mixed toward black.

#6f67e5

#392edc

#261dab

#191372

#0d0a39

Tints

Color #a5a0ef mixed toward white.

#b4b0f2

#c3c0f4

#d2cff7

#e1dffa

#f0effc

Tones

Color #a5a0ef mixed toward gray.

#aba6e8

#b0ade2

#b6b4db

#bcbad5

#c2c1ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3df · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#a3a4db · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#a5d2ce · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 22.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5a0ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5a0ef]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a5a0ef (#a5a0ef) is rgb(165, 160, 239) in RGB.

No, #a5a0ef 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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