#a8a7d1

Color #a8a7d1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.73 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a7d1

RGB

rgb(168, 167, 209)

HSL

hsl(241.4, 31.3%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.4, 20.1%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(69.87, 9.11, -21.17)

LCH

lch(69.87, 23.05, 293.28)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0602, 285.91)

HWB

hwb(241.4, 65.5%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d0d1a7

Analogous

#a7bbd1

#a8a7d1

#bda7d1

Triadic

#a8a7d1

#d1a8a7

#a7d1a8

Split-complementary

#a8a7d1

#d1bda7

#bbd1a7

Tetradic

#a8a7d1

#d1a7d0

#d0d1a7

#a7d1a8

Square

#a8a7d1

#d1a7bb

#d0d1a7

#a7d1bd

Shades

Color #a8a7d1 mixed toward black.

#7f7ebb

#5856a5

#42417b

#2c2b52

#161629

Tints

Color #a8a7d1 mixed toward white.

#b6b6d9

#c5c4e0

#d3d3e8

#e2e2f0

#f0f0f7

Tones

Color #a8a7d1 mixed toward gray.

#abaacd

#afaeca

#b2b1c6

#b5b5c3

#b9b8bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

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

#a8a8c8 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#a8a8c6 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a8c0bf · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a7d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a7d1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8a7d1 (#a8a7d1) is rgb(168, 167, 209) in RGB.

No, #a8a7d1 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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