#ac9eed

Color #ac9eed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.44 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9eed

RGB

rgb(172, 158, 237)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 68.7%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 33.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(69, 21.95, -37.86)

LCH

lch(69, 43.76, 300.1)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.1131, 291.53)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 62%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfed9e

Analogous

#9eb8ed

#ac9eed

#d49eed

Triadic

#ac9eed

#edac9e

#9eedac

Split-complementary

#ac9eed

#edd49e

#b8ed9e

Tetradic

#ac9eed

#ed9edf

#dfed9e

#9eedac

Square

#ac9eed

#ed9eb8

#dfed9e

#9eedd4

Shades

Color #ac9eed mixed toward black.

#7d67e3

#4d2fd8

#371fa7

#25156f

#120a38

Tints

Color #ac9eed mixed toward white.

#baaef0

#c8bef3

#d6cff6

#e3dff9

#f1effc

Tones

Color #ac9eed mixed toward gray.

#b0a5e6

#b5abe0

#b9b2d9

#bdb8d3

#c1bfcc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6dd · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#a7a8d9 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#abd0cc · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9eed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9eed]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ac9eed (#ac9eed) is rgb(172, 158, 237) in RGB.

No, #ac9eed 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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