#a69ee5

Color #a69ee5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a69ee5

RGB

rgb(166, 158, 229)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 57.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 31%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.5%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(68.18, 18.27, -34.78)

LCH

lch(68.18, 39.29, 297.71)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.1019, 288.77)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 62%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dde59e

Analogous

#9ebae5

#a69ee5

#ca9ee5

Triadic

#a69ee5

#e5a69e

#9ee5a6

Split-complementary

#a69ee5

#e5ca9e

#bae59e

Tetradic

#a69ee5

#e59edd

#dde59e

#9ee5a6

Square

#a69ee5

#e59eba

#dde59e

#9ee5ca

Shades

Color #a69ee5 mixed toward black.

#776bd7

#4938ca

#362999

#241b66

#120e33

Tints

Color #a69ee5 mixed toward white.

#b5aee9

#c4beee

#d3cff2

#e1dff6

#f0effb

Tones

Color #a69ee5 mixed toward gray.

#aba4df

#afaad9

#b4b0d3

#b8b6cd

#bdbcc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3d7 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#a3a4d3 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a6cac7 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69ee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69ee5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a69ee5 (#a69ee5) is rgb(166, 158, 229) in RGB.

No, #a69ee5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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