#bacae8

Color #bacae8

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.61 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#bacae8

RGB

rgb(186, 202, 232)

HSL

hsl(219.1, 50%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.1, 19.8%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(81.02, 0.81, -16.65)

LCH

lch(81.02, 16.67, 272.79)

OKLCH

oklch(83.7%, 0.0456, 263.08)

HWB

hwb(219.1, 72.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8d8ba

Analogous

#bae1e8

#bacae8

#c1bae8

Triadic

#bacae8

#e8baca

#cae8ba

Split-complementary

#bacae8

#e8c1ba

#e1e8ba

Tetradic

#bacae8

#d8bae8

#e8d8ba

#cae8ba

Square

#bacae8

#e8bae1

#e8d8ba

#bae8c1

Shades

Color #bacae8 mixed toward black.

#86a2d7

#527ac5

#34599d

#233b69

#111e34

Tints

Color #bacae8 mixed toward white.

#c6d3ec

#d1dcf0

#dde5f4

#e8edf7

#f4f6fb

Tones

Color #bacae8 mixed toward gray.

#becbe4

#c2cce0

#c6cedd

#c9cfd9

#cdd0d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1e1 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#c0bfe0 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#bbdcda · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bacae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bacae8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#bacae8 (#bacae8) is rgb(186, 202, 232) in RGB.

No, #bacae8 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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