#a3bdd8

Color #a3bdd8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.54 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a3bdd8

RGB

rgb(163, 189, 216)

HSL

hsl(210.6, 40.5%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.6, 24.5%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(75.54, -2.87, -16.44)

LCH

lch(75.54, 16.69, 260.1)

OKLCH

oklch(78.8%, 0.0479, 249.49)

HWB

hwb(210.6, 63.9%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8bea3

Analogous

#a3d7d8

#a3bdd8

#a3a3d8

Triadic

#a3bdd8

#d8a3bd

#bdd8a3

Split-complementary

#a3bdd8

#d8a3a3

#d7d8a3

Tetradic

#a3bdd8

#bea3d8

#d8bea3

#bdd8a3

Square

#a3bdd8

#d8a3d7

#d8bea3

#a3d8a3

Shades

Color #a3bdd8 mixed toward black.

#779dc5

#4b7db1

#385e85

#263f59

#131f2c

Tints

Color #a3bdd8 mixed toward white.

#b2c8df

#c2d3e5

#d1deec

#e0e9f2

#f0f4f9

Tones

Color #a3bdd8 mixed toward gray.

#a7bdd4

#acbdcf

#b0bdcb

#b5bdc6

#b9bdc2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafd2 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#adabd0 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#a4cdcc · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 12.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a3bdd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3bdd8]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#a3bdd8 (#a3bdd8) is rgb(163, 189, 216) in RGB.

No, #a3bdd8 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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