#a9aad6

Color #a9aad6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.55 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a9aad6

RGB

rgb(169, 170, 214)

HSL

hsl(238.7, 35.4%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.7, 21%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 20.6%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(70.9, 8.9, -22.35)

LCH

lch(70.9, 24.06, 291.71)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.063, 283.77)

HWB

hwb(238.7, 66.3%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6d5a9

Analogous

#a9c0d6

#a9aad6

#bfa9d6

Triadic

#a9aad6

#d6a9aa

#aad6a9

Split-complementary

#a9aad6

#d6bfa9

#c0d6a9

Tetradic

#a9aad6

#d5a9d6

#d6d5a9

#aad6a9

Square

#a9aad6

#d6a9c0

#d6d5a9

#a9d6bf

Shades

Color #a9aad6 mixed toward black.

#7e7fc1

#5355ad

#3e3f82

#292a56

#15152b

Tints

Color #a9aad6 mixed toward white.

#b7b8dd

#c6c6e4

#d4d5ea

#e2e3f1

#f1f1f8

Tones

Color #a9aad6 mixed toward gray.

#adaed2

#b1b1ce

#b4b5cb

#b8b8c7

#bcbcc3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9cc · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a9ca · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#a9c5c3 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 16.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9aad6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9aad6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9aad6 (#a9aad6) is rgb(169, 170, 214) in RGB.

No, #a9aad6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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