#a7bad7

Color #a7bad7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.92 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a7bad7

RGB

rgb(167, 186, 215)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 37.5%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 22.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(74.98, -0.26, -16.72)

LCH

lch(74.98, 16.72, 269.11)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0465, 258.71)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 65.5%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7c4a7

Analogous

#a7d2d7

#a7bad7

#aca7d7

Triadic

#a7bad7

#d7a7ba

#bad7a7

Split-complementary

#a7bad7

#d7aca7

#d2d7a7

Tetradic

#a7bad7

#c4a7d7

#d7c4a7

#bad7a7

Square

#a7bad7

#d7a7d2

#d7c4a7

#a7d7ac

Shades

Color #a7bad7 mixed toward black.

#7b98c3

#5075af

#3c5883

#283b58

#141d2c

Tints

Color #a7bad7 mixed toward white.

#b6c5de

#c4d1e4

#d3dceb

#e2e8f2

#f0f3f8

Tones

Color #a7bad7 mixed toward gray.

#abbbd3

#afbccf

#b3bccb

#b7bdc7

#bbbec3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0d0 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#aeadcf · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#a8cbca · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7bad7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7bad7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a7bad7 (#a7bad7) is rgb(167, 186, 215) in RGB.

No, #a7bad7 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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