#a7a1d7

Color #a7a1d7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a7a1d7

RGB

rgb(167, 161, 215)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 40.3%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 25.1%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(68.47, 13.53, -26.63)

LCH

lch(68.47, 29.87, 296.93)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0776, 289.42)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 63.1%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1d7a1

Analogous

#a1b6d7

#a7a1d7

#c2a1d7

Triadic

#a7a1d7

#d7a7a1

#a1d7a7

Split-complementary

#a7a1d7

#d7c2a1

#b6d7a1

Tetradic

#a7a1d7

#d7a1d1

#d1d7a1

#a1d7a7

Square

#a7a1d7

#d7a1b6

#d1d7a1

#a1d7c2

Shades

Color #a7a1d7 mixed toward black.

#7e75c4

#564bb0

#413884

#2b2558

#16132c

Tints

Color #a7a1d7 mixed toward white.

#b6b1de

#c4c0e4

#d3d0eb

#e2e0f2

#f0eff8

Tones

Color #a7a1d7 mixed toward gray.

#aaa5d2

#aeaace

#b1aec9

#b5b3c5

#b8b7c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4cc · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a5c9 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#a7c2c0 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 18.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7a1d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7a1d7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a7a1d7 (#a7a1d7) is rgb(167, 161, 215) in RGB.

No, #a7a1d7 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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