#acb8d8

Color #acb8d8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.76 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#acb8d8

RGB

rgb(172, 184, 216)

HSL

hsl(223.6, 36.1%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.6, 20.4%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(74.83, 2.6, -17.45)

LCH

lch(74.83, 17.64, 278.47)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0475, 269.04)

HWB

hwb(223.6, 67.5%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8ccac

Analogous

#acced8

#acb8d8

#b6acd8

Triadic

#acb8d8

#d8acb8

#b8d8ac

Split-complementary

#acb8d8

#d8b6ac

#ced8ac

Tetradic

#acb8d8

#ccacd8

#d8ccac

#b8d8ac

Square

#acb8d8

#d8acce

#d8ccac

#acd8b6

Shades

Color #acb8d8 mixed toward black.

#8092c3

#546daf

#3e5184

#293658

#151b2c

Tints

Color #acb8d8 mixed toward white.

#bac4df

#c8d0e5

#d6dcec

#e3e7f2

#f1f3f9

Tones

Color #acb8d8 mixed toward gray.

#b0bad4

#b3bbd1

#b7bdcd

#bbbfc9

#bec0c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1d1 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#b1b0cf · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#adcbca · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acb8d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acb8d8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#acb8d8 (#acb8d8) is rgb(172, 184, 216) in RGB.

No, #acb8d8 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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