#aba8cc

Color #aba8cc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aba8cc

RGB

rgb(171, 168, 204)

HSL

hsl(245, 26.1%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245, 17.6%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(70.19, 8.39, -17.91)

LCH

lch(70.19, 19.78, 295.1)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0515, 288.93)

HWB

hwb(245, 65.9%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9cca8

Analogous

#a8b7cc

#aba8cc

#bda8cc

Triadic

#aba8cc

#ccaba8

#a8ccab

Split-complementary

#aba8cc

#ccbda8

#b7cca8

Tetradic

#aba8cc

#cca8c9

#c9cca8

#a8ccab

Square

#aba8cc

#cca8b7

#c9cca8

#a8ccbd

Shades

Color #aba8cc mixed toward black.

#8581b5

#615c9c

#494575

#302e4e

#181727

Tints

Color #aba8cc mixed toward white.

#b9b6d4

#c7c5dd

#d5d3e5

#e3e2ee

#f1f0f6

Tones

Color #aba8cc mixed toward gray.

#adabc9

#b0aec6

#b2b1c3

#b5b4c0

#b7b7bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac4 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#aaaac2 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#abbebc · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba8cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba8cc]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aba8cc (#aba8cc) is rgb(171, 168, 204) in RGB.

No, #aba8cc 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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