#a1bde7

Color #a1bde7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.26 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a1bde7

RGB

rgb(161, 189, 231)

HSL

hsl(216, 59.3%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 30.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(75.91, 0.11, -24.01)

LCH

lch(75.91, 24.01, 270.26)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0674, 258.36)

HWB

hwb(216, 63.1%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7cba1

Analogous

#a1e0e7

#a1bde7

#a8a1e7

Triadic

#a1bde7

#e7a1bd

#bde7a1

Split-complementary

#a1bde7

#e7a8a1

#e0e7a1

Tetradic

#a1bde7

#cba1e7

#e7cba1

#bde7a1

Square

#a1bde7

#e7a1e0

#e7cba1

#a1e7a8

Shades

Color #a1bde7 mixed toward black.

#6d99da

#3974cc

#28569c

#1b3a68

#0d1d34

Tints

Color #a1bde7 mixed toward white.

#b1c8eb

#c0d3ef

#d0def3

#e0e9f7

#eff4fb

Tones

Color #a1bde7 mixed toward gray.

#a7bee1

#adbfdb

#b3c1d6

#b8c2d0

#bec3ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaede · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#acaadc · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#a3d6d4 · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1bde7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1bde7]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a1bde7 (#a1bde7) is rgb(161, 189, 231) in RGB.

No, #a1bde7 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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