#84a6e1

Color #84a6e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#84a6e1

RGB

rgb(132, 166, 225)

HSL

hsl(218.1, 60.8%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.1, 41.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(67.73, 3.3, -33.46)

LCH

lch(67.73, 33.62, 275.63)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0943, 261.16)

HWB

hwb(218.1, 51.8%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1bf84

Analogous

#84d4e1

#84a6e1

#9184e1

Triadic

#84a6e1

#e184a6

#a6e184

Split-complementary

#84a6e1

#e19184

#d4e184

Tetradic

#84a6e1

#bf84e1

#e1bf84

#a6e184

Square

#84a6e1

#e184d4

#e1bf84

#84e191

Shades

Color #84a6e1 mixed toward black.

#5483d5

#2f63bf

#234b90

#173260

#0c1930

Tints

Color #84a6e1 mixed toward white.

#98b5e6

#adc4eb

#c1d2f0

#d6e1f5

#eaf0fa

Tones

Color #84a6e1 mixed toward gray.

#8ca8d9

#93aad2

#9bacca

#a3aec2

#abb0ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494d5 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#928fd2 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#86cac8 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #84a6e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#84a6e1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#84a6e1 (#84a6e1) is rgb(132, 166, 225) in RGB.

No, #84a6e1 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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