#aab6eb

Color #aab6eb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.76 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aab6eb

RGB

rgb(170, 182, 235)

HSL

hsl(228.9, 61.9%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.9, 27.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(74.82, 7.51, -27.78)

LCH

lch(74.82, 28.78, 285.13)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0768, 274.63)

HWB

hwb(228.9, 66.7%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebdfaa

Analogous

#aad7eb

#aab6eb

#beaaeb

Triadic

#aab6eb

#ebaab6

#b6ebaa

Split-complementary

#aab6eb

#ebbeaa

#d7ebaa

Tetradic

#aab6eb

#dfaaeb

#ebdfaa

#b6ebaa

Square

#aab6eb

#ebaad7

#ebdfaa

#aaebbe

Shades

Color #aab6eb mixed toward black.

#7387de

#3d58d1

#273ea4

#1a296d

#0d1537

Tints

Color #aab6eb mixed toward white.

#b8c2ee

#c6cef2

#d4daf5

#e3e7f8

#f1f3fc

Tones

Color #aab6eb mixed toward gray.

#afb9e6

#b5bde0

#bac0db

#c0c4d5

#c5c7d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafe0 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#afaedd · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#abd6d4 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aab6eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aab6eb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#aab6eb (#aab6eb) is rgb(170, 182, 235) in RGB.

No, #aab6eb 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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