#aca5f2

Color #aca5f2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.79 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aca5f2

RGB

rgb(172, 165, 242)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 74.8%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 31.8%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 31.8%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(70.93, 19.24, -37.58)

LCH

lch(70.93, 42.22, 297.11)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.1096, 287.64)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 64.7%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebf2a5

Analogous

#a5c4f2

#aca5f2

#d3a5f2

Triadic

#aca5f2

#f2aca5

#a5f2ac

Split-complementary

#aca5f2

#f2d3a5

#c4f2a5

Tetradic

#aca5f2

#f2a5eb

#ebf2a5

#a5f2ac

Square

#aca5f2

#f2a5c4

#ebf2a5

#a5f2d3

Shades

Color #aca5f2 mixed toward black.

#756ae9

#3f2ee1

#281ab2

#1a1177

#0d093b

Tints

Color #aca5f2 mixed toward white.

#bab4f4

#c8c3f6

#d6d2f9

#e3e1fb

#f1f0fd

Tones

Color #aca5f2 mixed toward gray.

#b1abec

#b7b2e5

#bcb8df

#c1bfd8

#c6c5d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9e2 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a9aadf · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#acd5d2 · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aca5f2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca5f2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aca5f2 (#aca5f2) is rgb(172, 165, 242) in RGB.

No, #aca5f2 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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