#a8aac7

Color #a8aac7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.42 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a8aac7

RGB

rgb(168, 170, 199)

HSL

hsl(236.1, 21.7%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.1, 15.6%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(70.31, 5.22, -14.99)

LCH

lch(70.31, 15.87, 289.2)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0416, 282.2)

HWB

hwb(236.1, 65.9%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7c5a8

Analogous

#a8bac7

#a8aac7

#b6a8c7

Triadic

#a8aac7

#c7a8aa

#aac7a8

Split-complementary

#a8aac7

#c7b6a8

#bac7a8

Tetradic

#a8aac7

#c5a8c7

#c7c5a8

#aac7a8

Square

#a8aac7

#c7a8ba

#c7c5a8

#a8c7b6

Shades

Color #a8aac7 mixed toward black.

#8386af

#606395

#484a70

#30324a

#181925

Tints

Color #a8aac7 mixed toward white.

#b7b8d0

#c5c6da

#d4d5e3

#e2e3ec

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #a8aac7 mixed toward gray.

#abacc5

#adafc2

#b0b1bf

#b2b3bd

#b5b5ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9c1 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#a9a9bf · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#a8bbba · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8aac7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8aac7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8aac7 (#a8aac7) is rgb(168, 170, 199) in RGB.

No, #a8aac7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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