#acafbe

Color #acafbe

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.57 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#acafbe

RGB

rgb(172, 175, 190)

HSL

hsl(230, 12.2%, 71%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 9.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(71.66, 1.91, -8)

LCH

lch(71.66, 8.22, 283.43)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0217, 276.9)

HWB

hwb(230, 67.5%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bebbac

Analogous

#acb8be

#acafbe

#b2acbe

Triadic

#acafbe

#beacaf

#afbeac

Split-complementary

#acafbe

#beb2ac

#b8beac

Tetradic

#acafbe

#bbacbe

#bebbac

#afbeac

Square

#acafbe

#beacb8

#bebbac

#acbeb2

Shades

Color #acafbe mixed toward black.

#8a8ea4

#6a6f87

#4f5366

#353744

#1a1c22

Tints

Color #acafbe mixed toward white.

#babcc9

#c8cad4

#d6d7df

#e3e4e9

#f1f2f4

Tones

Color #acafbe mixed toward gray.

#aeb0bd

#afb1bb

#b1b2ba

#b2b3b8

#b4b4b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadbb · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#adadba · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#acb8b7 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 7.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acafbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acafbe]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#acafbe (#acafbe) is rgb(172, 175, 190) in RGB.

No, #acafbe 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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