#a9acca

Color #a9acca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a9acca

RGB

rgb(169, 172, 202)

HSL

hsl(234.5, 23.7%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.5, 16.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(71.01, 5.1, -15.58)

LCH

lch(71.01, 16.39, 288.13)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0431, 280.84)

HWB

hwb(234.5, 66.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cac7a9

Analogous

#a9bcca

#a9acca

#b6a9ca

Triadic

#a9acca

#caa9ac

#accaa9

Split-complementary

#a9acca

#cab6a9

#bccaa9

Tetradic

#a9acca

#c7a9ca

#cac7a9

#accaa9

Square

#a9acca

#caa9bc

#cac7a9

#a9cab6

Shades

Color #a9acca mixed toward black.

#8387b2

#5e6499

#474b73

#2f324c

#181926

Tints

Color #a9acca mixed toward white.

#b7bad3

#c6c8dc

#d4d5e4

#e2e3ed

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #a9acca mixed toward gray.

#acaec7

#aeb0c4

#b1b3c2

#b4b5bf

#b7b7bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac3 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#aaaac2 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#a9bebd · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9acca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9acca]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9acca (#a9acca) is rgb(169, 172, 202) in RGB.

No, #a9acca 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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