#acbde3

Color #acbde3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.03 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#acbde3

RGB

rgb(172, 189, 227)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 49.5%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 24.2%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(76.5, 2.39, -20.88)

LCH

lch(76.5, 21.02, 276.53)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0572, 266.09)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 67.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3d2ac

Analogous

#acd8e3

#acbde3

#b6ace3

Triadic

#acbde3

#e3acbd

#bde3ac

Split-complementary

#acbde3

#e3b6ac

#d8e3ac

Tetradic

#acbde3

#d2ace3

#e3d2ac

#bde3ac

Square

#acbde3

#e3acd8

#e3d2ac

#ace3b6

Shades

Color #acbde3 mixed toward black.

#7a95d2

#496ec1

#325195

#223663

#111b32

Tints

Color #acbde3 mixed toward white.

#bac8e8

#c8d3ec

#d5def1

#e3e9f6

#f1f4fa

Tones

Color #acbde3 mixed toward gray.

#b0bfde

#b5c0da

#bac2d5

#bec4d1

#c3c6cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4db · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#b3b1d9 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#add4d2 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acbde3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acbde3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#acbde3 (#acbde3) is rgb(172, 189, 227) in RGB.

No, #acbde3 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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