#a8a0e6

Color #a8a0e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.71 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a0e6

RGB

rgb(168, 160, 230)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 58.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 30.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(68.88, 17.97, -34.23)

LCH

lch(68.88, 38.66, 297.7)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.1003, 288.9)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 62.7%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dee6a0

Analogous

#a0bbe6

#a8a0e6

#cba0e6

Triadic

#a8a0e6

#e6a8a0

#a0e6a8

Split-complementary

#a8a0e6

#e6cba0

#bbe6a0

Tetradic

#a8a0e6

#e6a0de

#dee6a0

#a0e6a8

Square

#a8a0e6

#e6a0bb

#dee6a0

#a0e6cb

Shades

Color #a8a0e6 mixed toward black.

#796dd8

#4a39cb

#36299a

#241b67

#120e33

Tints

Color #a8a0e6 mixed toward white.

#b7b0ea

#c5c0ee

#d4d0f3

#e2dff7

#f1effb

Tones

Color #a8a0e6 mixed toward gray.

#ada6e0

#b1acda

#b6b2d5

#bab7cf

#bfbdc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5d8 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#a5a6d4 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#a8ccc9 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 21.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a0e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a0e6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a8a0e6 (#a8a0e6) is rgb(168, 160, 230) in RGB.

No, #a8a0e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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