#a8bee0

Color #a8bee0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.87 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a8bee0

RGB

rgb(168, 190, 224)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 47.5%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 25%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(76.39, -0.05, -19.45)

LCH

lch(76.39, 19.45, 269.85)

OKLCH

oklch(79.6%, 0.0542, 259.04)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 65.9%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0caa8

Analogous

#a8dae0

#a8bee0

#aea8e0

Triadic

#a8bee0

#e0a8be

#bee0a8

Split-complementary

#a8bee0

#e0aea8

#dae0a8

Tetradic

#a8bee0

#caa8e0

#e0caa8

#bee0a8

Square

#a8bee0

#e0a8da

#e0caa8

#a8e0ae

Shades

Color #a8bee0 mixed toward black.

#789acf

#4876be

#335891

#223b60

#111d30

Tints

Color #a8bee0 mixed toward white.

#b7c9e5

#c5d4ea

#d4dff0

#e2e9f5

#f1f4fa

Tones

Color #a8bee0 mixed toward gray.

#adbfdb

#b1c0d7

#b6c1d2

#bbc2cd

#bfc3c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2d8 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#b1afd7 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#a9d2d1 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8bee0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8bee0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a8bee0 (#a8bee0) is rgb(168, 190, 224) in RGB.

No, #a8bee0 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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