#a7bcde

Color #a7bcde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.21 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a7bcde

RGB

rgb(167, 188, 222)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 45.5%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 24.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(75.73, 0.27, -19.37)

LCH

lch(75.73, 19.37, 270.8)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0538, 260.05)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 65.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dec9a7

Analogous

#a7d8de

#a7bcde

#aea7de

Triadic

#a7bcde

#dea7bc

#bcdea7

Split-complementary

#a7bcde

#deaea7

#d8dea7

Tetradic

#a7bcde

#c9a7de

#dec9a7

#bcdea7

Square

#a7bcde

#dea7d8

#dec9a7

#a7deae

Shades

Color #a7bcde mixed toward black.

#7898cc

#4974bb

#35578e

#233a5e

#121d2f

Tints

Color #a7bcde mixed toward white.

#b6c7e4

#c4d2e9

#d3deef

#e2e9f4

#f0f4fa

Tones

Color #a7bcde mixed toward gray.

#acbdd9

#b0bed5

#b5bfd0

#b9c0cc

#bec1c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1d6 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#afaed5 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#a8d0cf · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a7bcde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7bcde]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#a7bcde (#a7bcde) is rgb(167, 188, 222) in RGB.

No, #a7bcde 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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