#a3adbe

Color #a3adbe

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.7 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a3adbe

RGB

rgb(163, 173, 190)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 17.2%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 14.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(70.45, -0, -9.87)

LCH

lch(70.45, 9.87, 270)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0269, 261.03)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 63.9%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beb4a3

Analogous

#a3babe

#a3adbe

#a6a3be

Triadic

#a3adbe

#bea3ad

#adbea3

Split-complementary

#a3adbe

#bea6a3

#babea3

Tetradic

#a3adbe

#b4a3be

#beb4a3

#adbea3

Square

#a3adbe

#bea3ba

#beb4a3

#a3bea6

Shades

Color #a3adbe mixed toward black.

#808ea6

#61708a

#495467

#313845

#181c22

Tints

Color #a3adbe mixed toward white.

#b2bbc9

#c2c8d4

#d1d6de

#e0e4e9

#f0f1f4

Tones

Color #a3adbe mixed toward gray.

#a5aebc

#a7aeb9

#aaafb7

#acafb5

#aeb0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a8ba · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#a7a6b9 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#a4b7b6 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3adbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3adbe]

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

#a3adbe (#a3adbe) is rgb(163, 173, 190) in RGB.

No, #a3adbe 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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