#a8c3ee

Color #a8c3ee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.25 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a8c3ee

RGB

rgb(168, 195, 238)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 67.3%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 29.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(78.18, 0.58, -24.27)

LCH

lch(78.18, 24.28, 271.37)

OKLCH

oklch(81.2%, 0.0678, 259.63)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 65.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eed3a8

Analogous

#a8e6ee

#a8c3ee

#b0a8ee

Triadic

#a8c3ee

#eea8c3

#c3eea8

Split-complementary

#a8c3ee

#eeb0a8

#e6eea8

Tetradic

#a8c3ee

#d3a8ee

#eed3a8

#c3eea8

Square

#a8c3ee

#eea8e6

#eed3a8

#a8eeb0

Shades

Color #a8c3ee mixed toward black.

#6f9ce3

#3775d8

#2156aa

#163971

#0b1d39

Tints

Color #a8c3ee mixed toward white.

#b6cdf1

#c5d7f4

#d3e1f6

#e2ebf9

#f0f5fc

Tones

Color #a8c3ee mixed toward gray.

#aec4e8

#b4c6e2

#b9c7dc

#bfc8d7

#c5cad1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b5e5 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#b3b1e2 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#a9dddb · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8c3ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8c3ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#a8c3ee (#a8c3ee) is rgb(168, 195, 238) in RGB.

No, #a8c3ee 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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