#a0ade0

Color #a0ade0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.09 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a0ade0

RGB

rgb(160, 173, 224)

HSL

hsl(227.8, 50.8%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.8, 28.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(71.38, 6.88, -27.14)

LCH

lch(71.38, 28, 284.22)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0749, 273.37)

HWB

hwb(227.8, 62.7%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0d3a0

Analogous

#a0cde0

#a0ade0

#b3a0e0

Triadic

#a0ade0

#e0a0ad

#ade0a0

Split-complementary

#a0ade0

#e0b3a0

#cde0a0

Tetradic

#a0ade0

#d3a0e0

#e0d3a0

#ade0a0

Square

#a0ade0

#e0a0cd

#e0d3a0

#a0e0b3

Shades

Color #a0ade0 mixed toward black.

#7083d0

#3f5ac1

#2f4391

#1f2d61

#101630

Tints

Color #a0ade0 mixed toward white.

#b0bbe5

#c0c8ea

#d0d6f0

#dfe4f5

#eff1fa

Tones

Color #a0ade0 mixed toward gray.

#a5b0db

#abb3d5

#b0b7d0

#b5bacb

#bbbdc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6d5 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#a5a4d2 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#a1ccca · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 17.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a0ade0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0ade0]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#a0ade0 (#a0ade0) is rgb(160, 173, 224) in RGB.

No, #a0ade0 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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