#a8afc9

Color #a8afc9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a8afc9

RGB

rgb(168, 175, 201)

HSL

hsl(227.3, 23.4%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.3, 16.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(71.69, 2.91, -14.02)

LCH

lch(71.69, 14.32, 281.73)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0381, 273.61)

HWB

hwb(227.3, 65.9%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9c2a8

Analogous

#a8c0c9

#a8afc9

#b2a8c9

Triadic

#a8afc9

#c9a8af

#afc9a8

Split-complementary

#a8afc9

#c9b2a8

#c0c9a8

Tetradic

#a8afc9

#c2a8c9

#c9c2a8

#afc9a8

Square

#a8afc9

#c9a8c0

#c9c2a8

#a8c9b2

Shades

Color #a8afc9 mixed toward black.

#828cb2

#5e6a98

#475072

#2f354c

#181b26

Tints

Color #a8afc9 mixed toward white.

#b7bcd2

#c5cadb

#d4d7e4

#e2e4ed

#f1f2f6

Tones

Color #a8afc9 mixed toward gray.

#abb1c6

#aeb2c4

#b0b4c1

#b3b5be

#b6b7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc3 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#abaac2 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a8bebd · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 11

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8afc9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8afc9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#a8afc9 (#a8afc9) is rgb(168, 175, 201) in RGB.

No, #a8afc9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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