#a8afe4

Color #a8afe4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 17.02 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a8afe4

RGB

rgb(168, 175, 228)

HSL

hsl(233, 52.6%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233, 26.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(72.62, 9.1, -27.38)

LCH

lch(72.62, 28.85, 288.38)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.0763, 278.6)

HWB

hwb(233, 65.9%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4dda8

Analogous

#a8cde4

#a8afe4

#bfa8e4

Triadic

#a8afe4

#e4a8af

#afe4a8

Split-complementary

#a8afe4

#e4bfa8

#cde4a8

Tetradic

#a8afe4

#dda8e4

#e4dda8

#afe4a8

Square

#a8afe4

#e4a8cd

#e4dda8

#a8e4bf

Shades

Color #a8afe4 mixed toward black.

#7681d4

#4352c5

#2f3b97

#1f2765

#101432

Tints

Color #a8afe4 mixed toward white.

#b6bce8

#c5caed

#d3d7f1

#e2e4f6

#f0f2fa

Tones

Color #a8afe4 mixed toward gray.

#adb3df

#b2b7da

#b7bad5

#bcbed0

#c1c2cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd9 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#abaad6 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#a8cfcd · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8afe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8afe4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8afe4 (#a8afe4) is rgb(168, 175, 228) in RGB.

No, #a8afe4 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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