#aba7c8

Color #aba7c8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aba7c8

RGB

rgb(171, 167, 200)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 23.1%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 16.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(69.8, 8.08, -16.29)

LCH

lch(69.8, 18.18, 296.38)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0473, 290.81)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 65.5%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4c8a7

Analogous

#a7b4c8

#aba7c8

#bca7c8

Triadic

#aba7c8

#c8aba7

#a7c8ab

Split-complementary

#aba7c8

#c8bca7

#b4c8a7

Tetradic

#aba7c8

#c8a7c4

#c4c8a7

#a7c8ab

Square

#aba7c8

#c8a7b4

#c4c8a7

#a7c8bc

Shades

Color #aba7c8 mixed toward black.

#8781b1

#655e97

#4c4771

#332f4b

#191826

Tints

Color #aba7c8 mixed toward white.

#b9b6d1

#c7c4da

#d5d3e4

#e3e2ed

#f1f0f6

Tones

Color #aba7c8 mixed toward gray.

#adaac5

#afadc3

#b1afc0

#b3b2bd

#b6b5ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9c1 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#aaaabf · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#abbbb9 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba7c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba7c8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aba7c8 (#aba7c8) is rgb(171, 167, 200) in RGB.

No, #aba7c8 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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