#acafbd

Color #acafbd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#acafbd

RGB

rgb(172, 175, 189)

HSL

hsl(229.4, 11.4%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.4, 9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(71.63, 1.7, -7.49)

LCH

lch(71.63, 7.68, 282.79)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0202, 276.25)

HWB

hwb(229.4, 67.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdbaac

Analogous

#acb8bd

#acafbd

#b2acbd

Triadic

#acafbd

#bdacaf

#afbdac

Split-complementary

#acafbd

#bdb2ac

#b8bdac

Tetradic

#acafbd

#baacbd

#bdbaac

#afbdac

Square

#acafbd

#bdacb8

#bdbaac

#acbdb2

Shades

Color #acafbd mixed toward black.

#8b8fa2

#6b6f86

#505465

#353843

#1b1c22

Tints

Color #acafbd mixed toward white.

#babcc8

#c8cad3

#d6d7de

#e3e4e9

#f1f2f4

Tones

Color #acafbd mixed toward gray.

#adb0bc

#afb1ba

#b0b2b9

#b2b3b7

#b3b4b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadba · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#adadb9 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#acb7b7 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 6.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acafbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acafbd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#acafbd (#acafbd) is rgb(172, 175, 189) in RGB.

No, #acafbd 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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