#a1b1ca

Color #a1b1ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.82 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a1b1ca

RGB

rgb(161, 177, 202)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 27.9%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 20.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(71.75, -0.19, -14.53)

LCH

lch(71.75, 14.53, 269.25)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0402, 259.25)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 63.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cabaa1

Analogous

#a1c6ca

#a1b1ca

#a6a1ca

Triadic

#a1b1ca

#caa1b1

#b1caa1

Split-complementary

#a1b1ca

#caa6a1

#c6caa1

Tetradic

#a1b1ca

#baa1ca

#cabaa1

#b1caa1

Square

#a1b1ca

#caa1c6

#cabaa1

#a1caa6

Shades

Color #a1b1ca mixed toward black.

#7a91b4

#57729b

#415574

#2c394d

#161c27

Tints

Color #a1b1ca mixed toward white.

#b1bed3

#c0cbdc

#d0d8e5

#e0e5ed

#eff2f6

Tones

Color #a1b1ca mixed toward gray.

#a4b2c7

#a8b3c3

#abb3c0

#afb4bc

#b2b5b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8c4 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#a7a6c3 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#a2c0bf · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 11

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a1b1ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1b1ca]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#a1b1ca (#a1b1ca) is rgb(161, 177, 202) in RGB.

No, #a1b1ca 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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