#a69dd5

Color #a69dd5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.3 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a69dd5

RGB

rgb(166, 157, 213)

HSL

hsl(249.6, 40%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.6, 26.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(67.3, 15.01, -27.33)

LCH

lch(67.3, 31.18, 298.78)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0809, 291.62)

HWB

hwb(249.6, 61.6%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccd59d

Analogous

#9db0d5

#a69dd5

#c29dd5

Triadic

#a69dd5

#d5a69d

#9dd5a6

Split-complementary

#a69dd5

#d5c29d

#b0d59d

Tetradic

#a69dd5

#d59dcc

#ccd59d

#9dd5a6

Square

#a69dd5

#d59db0

#ccd59d

#9dd5c2

Shades

Color #a69dd5 mixed toward black.

#7f72c2

#5a4aad

#433781

#2d2556

#16122b

Tints

Color #a69dd5 mixed toward white.

#b5addc

#c4bee3

#d2ceea

#e1def1

#f0eff8

Tones

Color #a69dd5 mixed toward gray.

#a9a2d0

#aca6cc

#afabc7

#b3b0c2

#b6b4be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2c9 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#a3a3c6 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#a6bfbd · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69dd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69dd5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a69dd5 (#a69dd5) is rgb(166, 157, 213) in RGB.

No, #a69dd5 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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