#a4add5

Color #a4add5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.56 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a4add5

RGB

rgb(164, 173, 213)

HSL

hsl(229, 36.8%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229, 23%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(71.27, 5.46, -21.26)

LCH

lch(71.27, 21.95, 284.4)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0584, 275.01)

HWB

hwb(229, 64.3%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5cca4

Analogous

#a4c5d5

#a4add5

#b3a4d5

Triadic

#a4add5

#d5a4ad

#add5a4

Split-complementary

#a4add5

#d5b3a4

#c5d5a4

Tetradic

#a4add5

#cca4d5

#d5cca4

#add5a4

Square

#a4add5

#d5a4c5

#d5cca4

#a4d5b3

Shades

Color #a4add5 mixed toward black.

#7986c1

#4f60ac

#3c4881

#283056

#14182b

Tints

Color #a4add5 mixed toward white.

#b3bbdc

#c2c8e3

#d1d6ea

#e1e4f1

#f0f1f8

Tones

Color #a4add5 mixed toward gray.

#a8b0d1

#acb2cd

#b0b5c9

#b4b7c5

#b8bac1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8cc · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a7a7ca · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#a4c5c3 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4add5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4add5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#a4add5 (#a4add5) is rgb(164, 173, 213) in RGB.

No, #a4add5 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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