#a8a9c7

Color #a8a9c7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.97 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a9c7

RGB

rgb(168, 169, 199)

HSL

hsl(238.1, 21.7%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.1, 15.6%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(70.05, 5.78, -15.38)

LCH

lch(70.05, 16.43, 290.6)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0429, 283.74)

HWB

hwb(238.1, 65.9%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7c6a8

Analogous

#a8b9c7

#a8a9c7

#b7a8c7

Triadic

#a8a9c7

#c7a8a9

#a9c7a8

Split-complementary

#a8a9c7

#c7b7a8

#b9c7a8

Tetradic

#a8a9c7

#c6a8c7

#c7c6a8

#a9c7a8

Square

#a8a9c7

#c7a8b9

#c7c6a8

#a8c7b7

Shades

Color #a8a9c7 mixed toward black.

#8384af

#606295

#484970

#30314a

#181825

Tints

Color #a8a9c7 mixed toward white.

#b7b7d0

#c5c6da

#d4d4e3

#e2e2ec

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #a8a9c7 mixed toward gray.

#abacc5

#adaec2

#b0b0bf

#b2b3bd

#b5b5ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8c0 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#a8a8bf · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#a8bbba · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 12.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a9c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a9c7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8a9c7 (#a8a9c7) is rgb(168, 169, 199) in RGB.

No, #a8a9c7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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