#a686ff

Color #a686ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.72 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a686ff

RGB

rgb(166, 134, 255)

HSL

hsl(255.9, 100%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.9, 47.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.9%, 47.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(63.65, 38.4, -56.17)

LCH

lch(63.65, 68.04, 304.36)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.173, 293.65)

HWB

hwb(255.9, 52.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfff86

Analogous

#86a3ff

#a686ff

#e386ff

Triadic

#a686ff

#ffa686

#86ffa6

Split-complementary

#a686ff

#ffe386

#a3ff86

Tetradic

#a686ff

#ff86df

#dfff86

#86ffa6

Square

#a686ff

#ff86a3

#dfff86

#86ffe3

Shades

Color #a686ff mixed toward black.

#7645ff

#4704ff

#3400c3

#220082

#110041

Tints

Color #a686ff mixed toward white.

#b59aff

#c4aeff

#d3c3ff

#e1d7ff

#f0ebff

Tones

Color #a686ff mixed toward gray.

#ab90f5

#b09aeb

#b4a4e1

#b9aed7

#beb8cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999e9 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#9b9de3 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a5d6d1 · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 27

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a686ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a686ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a686ff (#a686ff) is rgb(166, 134, 255) in RGB.

No, #a686ff 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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