#a1bae5

Color #a1bae5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.98 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a1bae5

RGB

rgb(161, 186, 229)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 56.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 29.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(75.05, 1.25, -24.25)

LCH

lch(75.05, 24.28, 272.95)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0675, 261.22)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 63.1%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5cca1

Analogous

#a1dce5

#a1bae5

#aaa1e5

Triadic

#a1bae5

#e5a1ba

#bae5a1

Split-complementary

#a1bae5

#e5aaa1

#dce5a1

Tetradic

#a1bae5

#cca1e5

#e5cca1

#bae5a1

Square

#a1bae5

#e5a1dc

#e5cca1

#a1e5aa

Shades

Color #a1bae5 mixed toward black.

#6e95d7

#3b6fc9

#2a5399

#1c3766

#0e1c33

Tints

Color #a1bae5 mixed toward white.

#b1c6e9

#c0d1ee

#d0ddf2

#e0e8f6

#eff4fb

Tones

Color #a1bae5 mixed toward gray.

#a7bcdf

#acbdda

#b2bfd4

#b8c0ce

#bdc2c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaddc · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#aba9d9 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#a2d4d2 · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1bae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1bae5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a1bae5 (#a1bae5) is rgb(161, 186, 229) in RGB.

No, #a1bae5 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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