#a696f6

Color #a696f6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.98 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a696f6

RGB

rgb(166, 150, 246)

HSL

hsl(250, 84.2%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 39%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 39%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(66.96, 27.05, -46.02)

LCH

lch(66.96, 53.38, 300.45)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.1373, 290.19)

HWB

hwb(250, 58.8%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6f696

Analogous

#96b6f6

#a696f6

#d696f6

Triadic

#a696f6

#f6a696

#96f6a6

Split-complementary

#a696f6

#f6d696

#b6f696

Tetradic

#a696f6

#f696e6

#e6f696

#96f6a6

Square

#a696f6

#f696b6

#e6f696

#96f6d6

Shades

Color #a696f6 mixed toward black.

#7259f1

#3f1cec

#2b10b6

#1d0a79

#0e053d

Tints

Color #a696f6 mixed toward white.

#b5a7f7

#c4b9f9

#d2cafa

#e1dcfc

#f0edfd

Tones

Color #a696f6 mixed toward gray.

#ab9eee

#b1a6e6

#b6aede

#bbb6d6

#c1bece

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fe4 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#a0a1df · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#a5d3d0 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a696f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a696f6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a696f6 (#a696f6) is rgb(166, 150, 246) in RGB.

No, #a696f6 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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