#a7a9e3

Color #a7a9e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 20.75 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a7a9e3

RGB

rgb(167, 169, 227)

HSL

hsl(238, 51.7%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238, 26.4%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(70.96, 11.9, -29.38)

LCH

lch(70.96, 31.7, 292.05)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0831, 282.65)

HWB

hwb(238, 65.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3e1a7

Analogous

#a7c7e3

#a7a9e3

#c3a7e3

Triadic

#a7a9e3

#e3a7a9

#a9e3a7

Split-complementary

#a7a9e3

#e3c3a7

#c7e3a7

Tetradic

#a7a9e3

#e1a7e3

#e3e1a7

#a9e3a7

Square

#a7a9e3

#e3a7c7

#e3e1a7

#a7e3c3

Shades

Color #a7a9e3 mixed toward black.

#7578d3

#4448c3

#303396

#202264

#101132

Tints

Color #a7a9e3 mixed toward white.

#b6b7e8

#c4c6ec

#d3d4f1

#e2e2f6

#f0f1fa

Tones

Color #a7a9e3 mixed toward gray.

#acaede

#b1b2d9

#b6b7d4

#bbbccf

#c0c0ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8d7 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#a8a8d4 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#a7cdca · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 19.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7a9e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7a9e3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a7a9e3 (#a7a9e3) is rgb(167, 169, 227) in RGB.

No, #a7a9e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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