#a8a4c5

Color #a8a4c5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a4c5

RGB

rgb(168, 164, 197)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 22.1%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 16.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(68.68, 8.11, -16.34)

LCH

lch(68.68, 18.24, 296.4)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0475, 290.73)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 64.3%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1c5a4

Analogous

#a4b1c5

#a8a4c5

#b9a4c5

Triadic

#a8a4c5

#c5a8a4

#a4c5a8

Split-complementary

#a8a4c5

#c5b9a4

#b1c5a4

Tetradic

#a8a4c5

#c5a4c1

#c1c5a4

#a4c5a8

Square

#a8a4c5

#c5a4b1

#c1c5a4

#a4c5b9

Shades

Color #a8a4c5 mixed toward black.

#857fae

#645e93

#4b466e

#322f49

#191725

Tints

Color #a8a4c5 mixed toward white.

#b7b3cf

#c5c2d8

#d4d2e2

#e2e1ec

#f1f0f5

Tones

Color #a8a4c5 mixed toward gray.

#aaa7c2

#acaac0

#aeacbd

#b0afba

#b2b2b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6be · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a7a7bc · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#a8b8b6 · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 13.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a4c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a4c5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a8a4c5 (#a8a4c5) is rgb(168, 164, 197) in RGB.

No, #a8a4c5 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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