#a7bce7

Color #a7bce7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.63 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a7bce7

RGB

rgb(167, 188, 231)

HSL

hsl(220.3, 57.1%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.3, 27.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(76.04, 2.39, -23.78)

LCH

lch(76.04, 23.9, 275.74)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0656, 264.49)

HWB

hwb(220.3, 65.5%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7d2a7

Analogous

#a7dce7

#a7bce7

#b2a7e7

Triadic

#a7bce7

#e7a7bc

#bce7a7

Split-complementary

#a7bce7

#e7b2a7

#dce7a7

Tetradic

#a7bce7

#d2a7e7

#e7d2a7

#bce7a7

Square

#a7bce7

#e7a7dc

#e7d2a7

#a7e7b2

Shades

Color #a7bce7 mixed toward black.

#7394d9

#3f6dca

#2b509c

#1c3568

#0e1b34

Tints

Color #a7bce7 mixed toward white.

#b6c7eb

#c4d2ef

#d3ddf3

#e2e9f7

#f0f4fb

Tones

Color #a7bce7 mixed toward gray.

#acbee2

#b2c0dc

#b7c1d7

#bcc3d2

#c2c5cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1de · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#afaedb · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#a8d6d4 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 15.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7bce7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7bce7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a7bce7 (#a7bce7) is rgb(167, 188, 231) in RGB.

No, #a7bce7 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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