#a4c6e4

Color #a4c6e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a4c6e4

RGB

rgb(164, 198, 228)

HSL

hsl(208.1, 54.2%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.1, 28.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(78.39, -4.57, -18.61)

LCH

lch(78.39, 19.16, 256.2)

OKLCH

oklch(81.2%, 0.0561, 245.22)

HWB

hwb(208.1, 64.3%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4c2a4

Analogous

#a4e4e2

#a4c6e4

#a4a6e4

Triadic

#a4c6e4

#e4a4c6

#c6e4a4

Split-complementary

#a4c6e4

#e4a4a6

#e4e2a4

Tetradic

#a4c6e4

#c2a4e4

#e4c2a4

#c6e4a4

Square

#a4c6e4

#e2a4e4

#e4c2a4

#a6e4a4

Shades

Color #a4c6e4 mixed toward black.

#72a7d5

#3f87c6

#2d6597

#1e4465

#0f2232

Tints

Color #a4c6e4 mixed toward white.

#b3d0e9

#c2d9ed

#d2e3f2

#e1ecf6

#f0f6fb

Tones

Color #a4c6e4 mixed toward gray.

#a9c6df

#afc5d9

#b4c5d4

#b9c5cf

#bfc4c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4dd · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#b2afdc · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#a6d8d6 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a4c6e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4c6e4]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#a4c6e4 (#a4c6e4) is rgb(164, 198, 228) in RGB.

No, #a4c6e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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