#a694e9

Color #a694e9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.3 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a694e9

RGB

rgb(166, 148, 233)

HSL

hsl(252.7, 65.9%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.7, 36.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(65.88, 24.92, -40.57)

LCH

lch(65.88, 47.61, 301.56)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.1226, 292.74)

HWB

hwb(252.7, 58%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7e994

Analogous

#94ace9

#a694e9

#d094e9

Triadic

#a694e9

#e9a694

#94e9a6

Split-complementary

#a694e9

#e9d094

#ace994

Tetradic

#a694e9

#e994d7

#d7e994

#94e9a6

Square

#a694e9

#e994ac

#d7e994

#94e9d0

Shades

Color #a694e9 mixed toward black.

#7a5fde

#4f2bd3

#3b209e

#271669

#140b35

Tints

Color #a694e9 mixed toward white.

#b5a6ed

#c4b8f0

#d2c9f4

#e1dbf8

#f0edfb

Tones

Color #a694e9 mixed toward gray.

#aa9be2

#aea2db

#b2a9d4

#b6b0cd

#bab7c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ed8 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#a0a1d4 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#a5cac7 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a694e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a694e9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a694e9 (#a694e9) is rgb(166, 148, 233) in RGB.

No, #a694e9 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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