#a2c9ed

Color #a2c9ed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a2c9ed

RGB

rgb(162, 201, 237)

HSL

hsl(208.8, 67.6%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.8, 31.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(79.37, -4.58, -21.97)

LCH

lch(79.37, 22.44, 258.22)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.0657, 246.52)

HWB

hwb(208.8, 63.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edc6a2

Analogous

#a2edeb

#a2c9ed

#a2a3ed

Triadic

#a2c9ed

#eda2c9

#c9eda2

Split-complementary

#a2c9ed

#eda2a3

#edeba2

Tetradic

#a2c9ed

#c6a2ed

#edc6a2

#c9eda2

Square

#a2c9ed

#eba2ed

#edc6a2

#a3eda2

Shades

Color #a2c9ed mixed toward black.

#6aa9e2

#3288d7

#2066a7

#16446f

#0b2238

Tints

Color #a2c9ed mixed toward white.

#b1d2f0

#c1dbf3

#d0e4f6

#e0edf9

#eff6fc

Tones

Color #a2c9ed mixed toward gray.

#a8c9e7

#aec8e0

#b5c8da

#bbc8d4

#c1c8ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b5e5 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#b2afe3 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#a4dedd · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a2c9ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a2c9ed]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

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Slate Gray #708090

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#a2c9ed (#a2c9ed) is rgb(162, 201, 237) in RGB.

No, #a2c9ed 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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