#a698e8

Color #a698e8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.61 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a698e8

RGB

rgb(166, 152, 232)

HSL

hsl(250.5, 63.5%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.5, 34.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(66.82, 22.4, -38.56)

LCH

lch(66.82, 44.59, 300.15)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.1152, 291.28)

HWB

hwb(250.5, 59.6%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dae898

Analogous

#98b2e8

#a698e8

#ce98e8

Triadic

#a698e8

#e8a698

#98e8a6

Split-complementary

#a698e8

#e8ce98

#b2e898

Tetradic

#a698e8

#e898da

#dae898

#98e8a6

Square

#a698e8

#e898b2

#dae898

#98e8ce

Shades

Color #a698e8 mixed toward black.

#7964dc

#4c2fd1

#38239d

#261769

#130c34

Tints

Color #a698e8 mixed toward white.

#b5a9ec

#c4baf0

#d3ccf4

#e1ddf7

#f0eefb

Tones

Color #a698e8 mixed toward gray.

#aa9fe1

#afa5db

#b3acd4

#b7b3cd

#bcb9c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0d8 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#a1a2d4 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#a5cac7 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a698e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a698e8]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#a698e8 (#a698e8) is rgb(166, 152, 232) in RGB.

No, #a698e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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