#aca8d1

Color #aca8d1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aca8d1

RGB

rgb(172, 168, 209)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 30.8%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 19.6%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(70.44, 9.82, -20.27)

LCH

lch(70.44, 22.52, 295.85)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0586, 289.33)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 65.9%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdd1a8

Analogous

#a8b8d1

#aca8d1

#c0a8d1

Triadic

#aca8d1

#d1aca8

#a8d1ac

Split-complementary

#aca8d1

#d1c0a8

#b8d1a8

Tetradic

#aca8d1

#d1a8cd

#cdd1a8

#a8d1ac

Square

#aca8d1

#d1a8b8

#cdd1a8

#a8d1c0

Shades

Color #aca8d1 mixed toward black.

#857fbb

#5f57a4

#47417b

#2f2b52

#181629

Tints

Color #aca8d1 mixed toward white.

#bab6d9

#c8c5e0

#d5d3e8

#e3e2f0

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #aca8d1 mixed toward gray.

#afabce

#b1afca

#b4b2c7

#b7b6c3

#bab9c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac8 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#ababc6 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#acc1bf · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aca8d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca8d1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aca8d1 (#aca8d1) is rgb(172, 168, 209) in RGB.

No, #aca8d1 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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