#aca9c7

Color #aca9c7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aca9c7

RGB

rgb(172, 169, 199)

HSL

hsl(246, 21.1%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246, 15.1%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(70.36, 7.08, -14.88)

LCH

lch(70.36, 16.48, 295.45)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0429, 289.91)

HWB

hwb(246, 66.3%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4c7a9

Analogous

#a9b5c7

#aca9c7

#bba9c7

Triadic

#aca9c7

#c7aca9

#a9c7ac

Split-complementary

#aca9c7

#c7bba9

#b5c7a9

Tetradic

#aca9c7

#c7a9c4

#c4c7a9

#a9c7ac

Square

#aca9c7

#c7a9b5

#c4c7a9

#a9c7bb

Shades

Color #aca9c7 mixed toward black.

#8884af

#666195

#4d496f

#33304a

#1a1825

Tints

Color #aca9c7 mixed toward white.

#bab7d0

#c8c6da

#d6d4e3

#e3e2ec

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #aca9c7 mixed toward gray.

#aeacc5

#b0aec2

#b2b1c0

#b4b3bd

#b6b6bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc0 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#ababbf · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#acbbba · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 12.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aca9c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca9c7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aca9c7 (#aca9c7) is rgb(172, 169, 199) in RGB.

No, #aca9c7 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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