#aabed8

Color #aabed8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 2.18 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aabed8

RGB

rgb(170, 190, 216)

HSL

hsl(213.9, 37.1%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.9, 21.3%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(76.27, -1.26, -15.29)

LCH

lch(76.27, 15.34, 265.29)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.0431, 255.06)

HWB

hwb(213.9, 66.7%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8c4aa

Analogous

#aad5d8

#aabed8

#adaad8

Triadic

#aabed8

#d8aabe

#bed8aa

Split-complementary

#aabed8

#d8adaa

#d5d8aa

Tetradic

#aabed8

#c4aad8

#d8c4aa

#bed8aa

Square

#aabed8

#d8aad5

#d8c4aa

#aad8ad

Shades

Color #aabed8 mixed toward black.

#7e9cc4

#527bb0

#3d5c84

#283d58

#141f2c

Tints

Color #aabed8 mixed toward white.

#b8c9df

#c6d4e5

#d5dfec

#e3e9f2

#f1f4f9

Tones

Color #aabed8 mixed toward gray.

#aebfd4

#b2bfd0

#b6c0cd

#b9c0c9

#bdc1c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3d2 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#b2b0d1 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#abcdcc · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 11.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aabed8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aabed8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#aabed8 (#aabed8) is rgb(170, 190, 216) in RGB.

No, #aabed8 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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