#a6abc5

Color #a6abc5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a6abc5

RGB

rgb(166, 171, 197)

HSL

hsl(230.3, 21.1%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.3, 15.7%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(70.36, 3.59, -13.83)

LCH

lch(70.36, 14.29, 284.55)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0378, 276.84)

HWB

hwb(230.3, 65.1%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c0a6

Analogous

#a6bbc5

#a6abc5

#b1a6c5

Triadic

#a6abc5

#c5a6ab

#abc5a6

Split-complementary

#a6abc5

#c5b1a6

#bbc5a6

Tetradic

#a6abc5

#c0a6c5

#c5c0a6

#abc5a6

Square

#a6abc5

#c5a6bb

#c5c0a6

#a6c5b1

Shades

Color #a6abc5 mixed toward black.

#8188ad

#606893

#484e6e

#303449

#181a25

Tints

Color #a6abc5 mixed toward white.

#b5b9cf

#c4c7d8

#d3d5e2

#e1e3ec

#f0f1f5

Tones

Color #a6abc5 mixed toward gray.

#a9adc2

#abafc0

#aeb0bd

#b0b2bb

#b3b4b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8bf · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a8be · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#a6bab9 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6abc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6abc5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6abc5 (#a6abc5) is rgb(166, 171, 197) in RGB.

No, #a6abc5 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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