#a0bee3

Color #a0bee3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.02 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a0bee3

RGB

rgb(160, 190, 227)

HSL

hsl(213.1, 54.5%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.1, 29.5%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(75.97, -1.69, -21.76)

LCH

lch(75.97, 21.83, 265.56)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0622, 253.84)

HWB

hwb(213.1, 62.7%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3c5a0

Analogous

#a0e0e3

#a0bee3

#a4a0e3

Triadic

#a0bee3

#e3a0be

#bee3a0

Split-complementary

#a0bee3

#e3a4a0

#e0e3a0

Tetradic

#a0bee3

#c5a0e3

#e3c5a0

#bee3a0

Square

#a0bee3

#e3a0e0

#e3c5a0

#a0e3a4

Shades

Color #a0bee3 mixed toward black.

#6e9cd4

#3c7ac6

#2c5b96

#1d3d64

#0f1e32

Tints

Color #a0bee3 mixed toward white.

#b0c9e8

#c0d4ec

#d0dff1

#dfe9f6

#eff4fa

Tones

Color #a0bee3 mixed toward gray.

#a6bfdd

#abbfd8

#b1c0d2

#b6c0cd

#bcc1c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaedb · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#acaad9 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#a2d4d2 · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a0bee3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0bee3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#a0bee3 (#a0bee3) is rgb(160, 190, 227) in RGB.

No, #a0bee3 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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