#a0baef

Color #a0baef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a0baef

RGB

rgb(160, 186, 239)

HSL

hsl(220.3, 71.2%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.3, 33.1%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(75.34, 3.44, -29.21)

LCH

lch(75.34, 29.41, 276.72)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0811, 264.27)

HWB

hwb(220.3, 62.7%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efd5a0

Analogous

#a0e1ef

#a0baef

#ada0ef

Triadic

#a0baef

#efa0ba

#baefa0

Split-complementary

#a0baef

#efada0

#e1efa0

Tetradic

#a0baef

#d5a0ef

#efd5a0

#baefa0

Square

#a0baef

#efa0e1

#efd5a0

#a0efad

Shades

Color #a0baef mixed toward black.

#6790e5

#2e67dc

#1d4bab

#133272

#0a1939

Tints

Color #a0baef mixed toward white.

#b0c5f2

#c0d1f4

#cfdcf7

#dfe8fa

#eff3fc

Tones

Color #a0baef mixed toward gray.

#a6bce8

#adbee2

#b4c1db

#bac3d5

#c1c5ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acace4 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#aaa8e1 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#a1dad8 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a0baef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0baef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a0baef (#a0baef) is rgb(160, 186, 239) in RGB.

No, #a0baef 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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