#a9a9f6

Color #a9a9f6

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.76 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9a9f6

RGB

rgb(169, 169, 246)

HSL

hsl(240, 81.1%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 31.3%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.3%, 31.3%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(71.87, 17.15, -38.31)

LCH

lch(71.87, 41.97, 294.12)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.1096, 283.5)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.3%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6f6a9

Analogous

#a9d0f6

#a9a9f6

#d0a9f6

Triadic

#a9a9f6

#f6a9a9

#a9f6a9

Split-complementary

#a9a9f6

#f6d0a9

#d0f6a9

Tetradic

#a9a9f6

#f6a9f6

#f6f6a9

#a9f6a9

Square

#a9a9f6

#f6a9d0

#f6f6a9

#a9f6d0

Shades

Color #a9a9f6 mixed toward black.

#6a6aef

#2c2ce9

#1414bc

#0d0d7d

#07073f

Tints

Color #a9a9f6 mixed toward white.

#b7b7f8

#c6c6f9

#d4d4fb

#e2e2fc

#f1f1fe

Tones

Color #a9a9f6 mixed toward gray.

#b0b0f0

#b6b6e9

#bcbce3

#c3c3dc

#c9c9d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9e6 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a9a9e2 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#a9d9d6 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9a9f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9a9f6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9a9f6 (#a9a9f6) is rgb(169, 169, 246) in RGB.

No, #a9a9f6 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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