#a8aec0

Color #a8aec0

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.46 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a8aec0

RGB

rgb(168, 174, 192)

HSL

hsl(225, 16%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 12.5%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(71.15, 1.53, -9.89)

LCH

lch(71.15, 10.01, 278.79)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0267, 271.07)

HWB

hwb(225, 65.9%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0baa8

Analogous

#a8bac0

#a8aec0

#aea8c0

Triadic

#a8aec0

#c0a8ae

#aec0a8

Split-complementary

#a8aec0

#c0aea8

#bac0a8

Tetradic

#a8aec0

#baa8c0

#c0baa8

#aec0a8

Square

#a8aec0

#c0a8ba

#c0baa8

#a8c0ae

Shades

Color #a8aec0 mixed toward black.

#858ea7

#656e8b

#4c5368

#323746

#191c23

Tints

Color #a8aec0 mixed toward white.

#b7bccb

#c5c9d5

#d4d7e0

#e2e4ea

#f1f2f5

Tones

Color #a8aec0 mixed toward gray.

#aaafbe

#acb0bc

#aeb1ba

#b0b2b8

#b2b3b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababbc · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#aaaabb · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#a8b8b8 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 8.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8aec0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8aec0]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a8aec0 (#a8aec0) is rgb(168, 174, 192) in RGB.

No, #a8aec0 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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