#a9ace4

Color #a9ace4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 19.23 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9ace4

RGB

rgb(169, 172, 228)

HSL

hsl(236.9, 52.2%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.9, 25.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(71.92, 11.06, -28.44)

LCH

lch(71.92, 30.51, 291.25)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.0801, 281.95)

HWB

hwb(236.9, 66.3%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e1a9

Analogous

#a9c9e4

#a9ace4

#c3a9e4

Triadic

#a9ace4

#e4a9ac

#ace4a9

Split-complementary

#a9ace4

#e4c3a9

#c9e4a9

Tetradic

#a9ace4

#e1a9e4

#e4e1a9

#ace4a9

Square

#a9ace4

#e4a9c9

#e4e1a9

#a9e4c3

Shades

Color #a9ace4 mixed toward black.

#777bd4

#444bc4

#2f3597

#202365

#101232

Tints

Color #a9ace4 mixed toward white.

#b7bae8

#c6c8ed

#d4d5f1

#e2e3f6

#f1f1fa

Tones

Color #a9ace4 mixed toward gray.

#aeb0df

#b3b5da

#b8b9d5

#bdbed0

#c1c2cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaad8 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#aaaad5 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#a9cecc · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9ace4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9ace4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9ace4 (#a9ace4) is rgb(169, 172, 228) in RGB.

No, #a9ace4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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