#a8a4e5

Color #a8a4e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.83 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a4e5

RGB

rgb(168, 164, 229)

HSL

hsl(243.7, 55.6%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.7, 28.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(69.85, 15.48, -32.19)

LCH

lch(69.85, 35.72, 295.68)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0929, 286.76)

HWB

hwb(243.7, 64.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1e5a4

Analogous

#a4c1e5

#a8a4e5

#c9a4e5

Triadic

#a8a4e5

#e5a8a4

#a4e5a8

Split-complementary

#a8a4e5

#e5c9a4

#c1e5a4

Tetradic

#a8a4e5

#e5a4e1

#e1e5a4

#a4e5a8

Square

#a8a4e5

#e5a4c1

#e1e5a4

#a4e5c9

Shades

Color #a8a4e5 mixed toward black.

#7771d7

#473ec8

#322c99

#221d66

#110f33

Tints

Color #a8a4e5 mixed toward white.

#b7b3e9

#c5c2ee

#d4d2f2

#e2e1f6

#f1f0fb

Tones

Color #a8a4e5 mixed toward gray.

#adaae0

#b2afda

#b6b4d5

#bbbacf

#c0bfca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6d8 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a7a7d4 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#a8ccca · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 20.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a4e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a4e5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8a4e5 (#a8a4e5) is rgb(168, 164, 229) in RGB.

No, #a8a4e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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