#aba8c8

Color #aba8c8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.18 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aba8c8

RGB

rgb(171, 168, 200)

HSL

hsl(245.6, 22.5%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.6, 16%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(70.06, 7.52, -15.9)

LCH

lch(70.06, 17.59, 295.31)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0457, 289.54)

HWB

hwb(245.6, 65.9%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c8a8

Analogous

#a8b5c8

#aba8c8

#bba8c8

Triadic

#aba8c8

#c8aba8

#a8c8ab

Split-complementary

#aba8c8

#c8bba8

#b5c8a8

Tetradic

#aba8c8

#c8a8c5

#c5c8a8

#a8c8ab

Square

#aba8c8

#c8a8b5

#c5c8a8

#a8c8bb

Shades

Color #aba8c8 mixed toward black.

#8783b0

#645f96

#4b4771

#32304b

#191826

Tints

Color #aba8c8 mixed toward white.

#b9b7d1

#c7c5da

#d5d4e4

#e3e2ed

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #aba8c8 mixed toward gray.

#adabc5

#afadc3

#b2b0c0

#b4b3bd

#b6b5bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac1 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#aaaabf · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#abbbba · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba8c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba8c8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aba8c8 (#aba8c8) is rgb(171, 168, 200) in RGB.

No, #aba8c8 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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