#a7a9ed

Color #a7a9ed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.46 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a7a9ed

RGB

rgb(167, 169, 237)

HSL

hsl(238.3, 66%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.3, 29.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.5%, 28.7%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(71.35, 14.34, -34.23)

LCH

lch(71.35, 37.11, 292.73)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0972, 282.54)

HWB

hwb(238.3, 65.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edeba7

Analogous

#a7cced

#a7a9ed

#c8a7ed

Triadic

#a7a9ed

#eda7a9

#a9eda7

Split-complementary

#a7a9ed

#edc8a7

#cceda7

Tetradic

#a7a9ed

#eba7ed

#edeba7

#a9eda7

Square

#a7a9ed

#eda7cc

#edeba7

#a7edc8

Shades

Color #a7a9ed mixed toward black.

#6f72e2

#373cd6

#2226a8

#171970

#0b0d38

Tints

Color #a7a9ed mixed toward white.

#b6b7f0

#c4c6f3

#d3d4f6

#e2e2f9

#f0f1fc

Tones

Color #a7a9ed mixed toward gray.

#adaee7

#b3b4e1

#b8b9db

#bebfd6

#c4c4d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8df · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#a8a8db · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#a7d3d0 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a7a9ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7a9ed]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a7a9ed (#a7a9ed) is rgb(167, 169, 237) in RGB.

No, #a7a9ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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