#aac8ed

Color #aac8ed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aac8ed

RGB

rgb(170, 200, 237)

HSL

hsl(213.1, 65%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.1, 28.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(79.6, -1.77, -21.58)

LCH

lch(79.6, 21.65, 265.31)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.0615, 253.86)

HWB

hwb(213.1, 66.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edcfaa

Analogous

#aaeaed

#aac8ed

#adaaed

Triadic

#aac8ed

#edaac8

#c8edaa

Split-complementary

#aac8ed

#edadaa

#eaedaa

Tetradic

#aac8ed

#cfaaed

#edcfaa

#c8edaa

Square

#aac8ed

#edaaea

#edcfaa

#aaedad

Shades

Color #aac8ed mixed toward black.

#72a4e1

#3a80d5

#245fa8

#183f70

#0c2038

Tints

Color #aac8ed mixed toward white.

#b8d1f0

#c6daf3

#d5e4f6

#e3edf9

#f1f6fc

Tones

Color #aac8ed mixed toward gray.

#b0c9e7

#b5c9e2

#bbcadc

#c0cad7

#c6cbd1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8e5 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#b6b4e3 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#acdedc · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aac8ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aac8ed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#aac8ed (#aac8ed) is rgb(170, 200, 237) in RGB.

No, #aac8ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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