#a989ff

Color #a989ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a989ff

RGB

rgb(169, 137, 255)

HSL

hsl(256.3, 100%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.3, 46.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(64.6, 37.47, -54.65)

LCH

lch(64.6, 66.26, 304.44)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1688, 294.17)

HWB

hwb(256.3, 53.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfff89

Analogous

#89a4ff

#a989ff

#e489ff

Triadic

#a989ff

#ffa989

#89ffa9

Split-complementary

#a989ff

#ffe489

#a4ff89

Tetradic

#a989ff

#ff89df

#dfff89

#89ffa9

Square

#a989ff

#ff89a4

#dfff89

#89ffe4

Shades

Color #a989ff mixed toward black.

#7a48ff

#4a06ff

#3500c4

#240083

#120041

Tints

Color #a989ff mixed toward white.

#b79dff

#c6b0ff

#d4c4ff

#e2d8ff

#f1ebff

Tones

Color #a989ff mixed toward gray.

#ae93f5

#b29deb

#b7a7e2

#bbb0d8

#c0bace

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ce9 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#9ea0e4 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a8d6d2 · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 26.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a989ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a989ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a989ff (#a989ff) is rgb(169, 137, 255) in RGB.

No, #a989ff 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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