#a0acbd

Color #a0acbd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.95 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a0acbd

RGB

rgb(160, 172, 189)

HSL

hsl(215.2, 18%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.2, 15.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(69.93, -0.66, -10.11)

LCH

lch(69.93, 10.13, 266.26)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.028, 257.01)

HWB

hwb(215.2, 62.7%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdb1a0

Analogous

#a0babd

#a0acbd

#a2a0bd

Triadic

#a0acbd

#bda0ac

#acbda0

Split-complementary

#a0acbd

#bda2a0

#babda0

Tetradic

#a0acbd

#b1a0bd

#bdb1a0

#acbda0

Square

#a0acbd

#bda0ba

#bdb1a0

#a0bda2

Shades

Color #a0acbd mixed toward black.

#7e8ea5

#5f7189

#485467

#303845

#181c22

Tints

Color #a0acbd mixed toward white.

#b0bac8

#c0c8d3

#cfd5de

#dfe3e9

#eff1f4

Tones

Color #a0acbd mixed toward gray.

#a2acbb

#a5adb8

#a7adb6

#aaaeb3

#acaeb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5b9 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#a5a4b8 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#a1b6b5 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a0acbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0acbd]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a0acbd (#a0acbd) is rgb(160, 172, 189) in RGB.

No, #a0acbd 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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