Information about #A498CD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A498CD reads as a softly balanced deep-sea blue and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Wistful (#A29ECD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Unicorn (#9F90D0) and Blue Bell (#A2A2D0).
In RGB terms — rgb(164, 152, 205) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #A498CD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.6:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#A498CD color variations
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#A498CD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A498CD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A498CD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A498CD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A498CD color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A498CD color
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Nearest named colors to #A498CD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A29ECD
#9F90D0
#A2A2D0
#AE99D2
#9FA2D7
#97A0CE
#B19CD9
#A285D1
#9EABD0
#92A1CF
#9D8ABF
#A2ADD0
#A498CD color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A498CD
- RGB164, 152, 205
- CMYK16, 21, 0, 20
- CSSrgb(164, 152, 205)
- HSL254°, 35%, 70%
- HSL Precise253.585°, 34.641%, 70%
- HSV254°, 26%, 80%
- HSB254°, 26%, 80%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.643
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.596
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
- GLSLvec3(0.643, 0.596, 0.804)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.643, 0.596, 0.804, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.643, 0.596, 0.804)
- Percentage of Red in RGB64.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB59.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA498CD
- DECIMAL ID10787021
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers27 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
