#aca1ea

Color #aca1ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.95 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aca1ea

RGB

rgb(172, 161, 234)

HSL

hsl(249, 63.5%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249, 31.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.5%, 31.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(69.61, 19.54, -35.26)

LCH

lch(69.61, 40.31, 298.99)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.1044, 290.52)

HWB

hwb(249, 63.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfeaa1

Analogous

#a1bbea

#aca1ea

#d1a1ea

Triadic

#aca1ea

#eaaca1

#a1eaac

Split-complementary

#aca1ea

#ead1a1

#bbeaa1

Tetradic

#aca1ea

#eaa1df

#dfeaa1

#a1eaac

Square

#aca1ea

#eaa1bb

#dfeaa1

#a1ead1

Shades

Color #aca1ea mixed toward black.

#7d6bde

#4d35d2

#3724a2

#25186c

#120c36

Tints

Color #aca1ea mixed toward white.

#bab1ee

#c8c0f1

#d6d0f5

#e3e0f8

#f1effc

Tones

Color #aca1ea mixed toward gray.

#b0a7e4

#b5adde

#b9b3d8

#bdb9d2

#c1c0cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7db · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a9d7 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#abcfcc · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca1ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca1ea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aca1ea (#aca1ea) is rgb(172, 161, 234) in RGB.

No, #aca1ea 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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