#a899ff

Color #a899ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 15.88 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a899ff

RGB

rgb(168, 153, 255)

HSL

hsl(248.8, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.8, 40%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.1%, 40%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(68.26, 28.19, -48.86)

LCH

lch(68.26, 56.41, 299.98)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1451, 289.07)

HWB

hwb(248.8, 60%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0ff99

Analogous

#99bdff

#a899ff

#db99ff

Triadic

#a899ff

#ffa899

#99ffa8

Split-complementary

#a899ff

#ffdb99

#bdff99

Tetradic

#a899ff

#ff99f0

#f0ff99

#99ffa8

Square

#a899ff

#ff99bd

#f0ff99

#99ffdb

Shades

Color #a899ff mixed toward black.

#6e55ff

#3411ff

#1e00cc

#140088

#0a0044

Tints

Color #a899ff mixed toward white.

#b6aaff

#c5bbff

#d3ccff

#e2ddff

#f0eeff

Tones

Color #a899ff mixed toward gray.

#aea2f7

#b4aaee

#bab3e6

#c0bbdd

#c6c4d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2ec · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#a3a4e7 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#a7dbd7 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a899ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a899ff]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a899ff (#a899ff) is rgb(168, 153, 255) in RGB.

No, #a899ff 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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