#aca8ca

Color #aca8ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aca8ca

RGB

rgb(172, 168, 202)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 24.3%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 16.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(70.2, 8.28, -16.78)

LCH

lch(70.2, 18.71, 296.26)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0487, 290.56)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 65.9%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6caa8

Analogous

#a8b5ca

#aca8ca

#bda8ca

Triadic

#aca8ca

#caaca8

#a8caac

Split-complementary

#aca8ca

#cabda8

#b5caa8

Tetradic

#aca8ca

#caa8c6

#c6caa8

#a8caac

Square

#aca8ca

#caa8b5

#c6caa8

#a8cabd

Shades

Color #aca8ca mixed toward black.

#8782b3

#645d99

#4b4673

#322f4d

#191726

Tints

Color #aca8ca mixed toward white.

#bab6d3

#c8c5dc

#d5d3e4

#e3e2ed

#f1f0f6

Tones

Color #aca8ca mixed toward gray.

#aeabc7

#b0aec4

#b2b0c1

#b5b3bf

#b7b6bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac2 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#ababc1 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#acbcbb · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aca8ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca8ca]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aca8ca (#aca8ca) is rgb(172, 168, 202) in RGB.

No, #aca8ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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