#acafde

Color #acafde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.6 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#acafde

RGB

rgb(172, 175, 222)

HSL

hsl(236.4, 43.1%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.4, 22.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(72.7, 8.9, -23.96)

LCH

lch(72.7, 25.56, 290.38)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0671, 281.86)

HWB

hwb(236.4, 67.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dedbac

Analogous

#acc8de

#acafde

#c2acde

Triadic

#acafde

#deacaf

#afdeac

Split-complementary

#acafde

#dec2ac

#c8deac

Tetradic

#acafde

#dbacde

#dedbac

#afdeac

Square

#acafde

#deacc8

#dedbac

#acdec2

Shades

Color #acafde mixed toward black.

#7d82cb

#4e55b9

#383d8d

#25295e

#13142f

Tints

Color #acafde mixed toward white.

#babce4

#c8cae9

#d6d7ef

#e3e4f4

#f1f2fa

Tones

Color #acafde mixed toward gray.

#b0b3da

#b4b6d6

#b9bad2

#bdbecd

#c1c1c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadd4 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#adadd1 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#accbc9 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acafde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acafde]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#acafde (#acafde) is rgb(172, 175, 222) in RGB.

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

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