#a1bbe9

Color #a1bbe9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.39 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a1bbe9

RGB

rgb(161, 187, 233)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 62.1%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 30.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(75.45, 1.69, -25.79)

LCH

lch(75.45, 25.85, 273.75)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.0717, 261.75)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 63.1%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9cfa1

Analogous

#a1dfe9

#a1bbe9

#aba1e9

Triadic

#a1bbe9

#e9a1bb

#bbe9a1

Split-complementary

#a1bbe9

#e9aba1

#dfe9a1

Tetradic

#a1bbe9

#cfa1e9

#e9cfa1

#bbe9a1

Square

#a1bbe9

#e9a1df

#e9cfa1

#a1e9ab

Shades

Color #a1bbe9 mixed toward black.

#6c95dd

#376ed0

#2552a0

#19366b

#0c1b35

Tints

Color #a1bbe9 mixed toward white.

#b1c6ed

#c0d2f0

#d0ddf4

#e0e8f8

#eff4fb

Tones

Color #a1bbe9 mixed toward gray.

#a7bde3

#adbedd

#b3c0d7

#b9c2d1

#bfc3cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaddf · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#aba9dd · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#a2d7d5 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1bbe9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1bbe9]

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

#a1bbe9 (#a1bbe9) is rgb(161, 187, 233) in RGB.

No, #a1bbe9 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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