#a8a1ee

Color #a8a1ee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.08 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a1ee

RGB

rgb(168, 161, 238)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 69.4%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 32.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 32.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(69.46, 19.37, -37.71)

LCH

lch(69.46, 42.39, 297.19)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.11, 287.56)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 63.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7eea1

Analogous

#a1c0ee

#a8a1ee

#cea1ee

Triadic

#a8a1ee

#eea8a1

#a1eea8

Split-complementary

#a8a1ee

#eecea1

#c0eea1

Tetradic

#a8a1ee

#eea1e7

#e7eea1

#a1eea8

Square

#a8a1ee

#eea1c0

#e7eea1

#a1eece

Shades

Color #a8a1ee mixed toward black.

#7469e4

#4030da

#2b1fa9

#1d1471

#0e0a38

Tints

Color #a8a1ee mixed toward white.

#b6b1f1

#c5c0f4

#d3d0f6

#e2e0f9

#f0effc

Tones

Color #a8a1ee mixed toward gray.

#ada7e8

#b2aee1

#b8b4db

#bdbbd4

#c2c1ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5df · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#a5a6db · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#a8d1ce · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a1ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a1ee]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a8a1ee (#a8a1ee) is rgb(168, 161, 238) in RGB.

No, #a8a1ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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