#a7a1e8

Color #a7a1e8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a7a1e8

RGB

rgb(167, 161, 232)

HSL

hsl(245.1, 60.7%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.1, 30.6%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(28%, 30.6%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(69.13, 17.6, -34.94)

LCH

lch(69.13, 39.12, 296.74)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.1016, 287.53)

HWB

hwb(245.1, 63.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e8a1

Analogous

#a1bfe8

#a7a1e8

#cba1e8

Triadic

#a7a1e8

#e8a7a1

#a1e8a7

Split-complementary

#a7a1e8

#e8cba1

#bfe8a1

Tetradic

#a7a1e8

#e8a1e2

#e2e8a1

#a1e8a7

Square

#a7a1e8

#e8a1bf

#e2e8a1

#a1e8cb

Shades

Color #a7a1e8 mixed toward black.

#766ddb

#4538ce

#31279e

#211a69

#100d35

Tints

Color #a7a1e8 mixed toward white.

#b6b1ec

#c4c0f0

#d3d0f4

#e2e0f7

#f0effb

Tones

Color #a7a1e8 mixed toward gray.

#aca7e2

#b1addc

#b6b3d6

#bbb9d0

#c0bfcb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4da · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a5a5d6 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#a7cdca · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 21.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7a1e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7a1e8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a7a1e8 (#a7a1e8) is rgb(167, 161, 232) in RGB.

No, #a7a1e8 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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