#a0c3ea

Color #a0c3ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a0c3ea

RGB

rgb(160, 195, 234)

HSL

hsl(211.6, 63.8%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.6, 31.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(77.54, -2.68, -23.14)

LCH

lch(77.54, 23.29, 263.39)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.0671, 251.4)

HWB

hwb(211.6, 62.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac7a0

Analogous

#a0e8ea

#a0c3ea

#a2a0ea

Triadic

#a0c3ea

#eaa0c3

#c3eaa0

Split-complementary

#a0c3ea

#eaa2a0

#e8eaa0

Tetradic

#a0c3ea

#c7a0ea

#eac7a0

#c3eaa0

Square

#a0c3ea

#eaa0e8

#eac7a0

#a0eaa2

Shades

Color #a0c3ea mixed toward black.

#6aa1de

#357fd2

#245fa1

#183f6c

#0c2036

Tints

Color #a0c3ea mixed toward white.

#b0cdee

#c0d7f1

#d0e1f5

#dfebf8

#eff5fc

Tones

Color #a0c3ea mixed toward gray.

#a6c3e4

#acc4de

#b3c4d8

#b9c4d1

#bfc5cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1e1 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#aeabdf · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#a2dad9 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a0c3ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0c3ea]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#a0c3ea (#a0c3ea) is rgb(160, 195, 234) in RGB.

No, #a0c3ea 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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