#a4acbe

Color #a4acbe

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.86 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a4acbe

RGB

rgb(164, 172, 190)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 16.7%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 13.7%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(70.26, 0.87, -10.15)

LCH

lch(70.26, 10.19, 274.9)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0275, 266.45)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 64.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#beb6a4

Analogous

#a4b9be

#a4acbe

#a9a4be

Triadic

#a4acbe

#bea4ac

#acbea4

Split-complementary

#a4acbe

#bea9a4

#b9bea4

Tetradic

#a4acbe

#b6a4be

#beb6a4

#acbea4

Square

#a4acbe

#bea4b9

#beb6a4

#a4bea9

Shades

Color #a4acbe mixed toward black.

#828da5

#626e8a

#4a5367

#313745

#191c22

Tints

Color #a4acbe mixed toward white.

#b3bac9

#c2c8d4

#d1d5df

#e1e3e9

#f0f1f4

Tones

Color #a4acbe mixed toward gray.

#a6adbc

#a8aeba

#aaaeb7

#adafb5

#afb0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ba · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#a7a6b9 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#a4b6b6 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4acbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4acbe]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a4acbe (#a4acbe) is rgb(164, 172, 190) in RGB.

No, #a4acbe 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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