#a8afe2

Color #a8afe2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a8afe2

RGB

rgb(168, 175, 226)

HSL

hsl(232.8, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.8, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(72.54, 8.62, -26.4)

LCH

lch(72.54, 27.77, 288.08)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0734, 278.46)

HWB

hwb(232.8, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2dba8

Analogous

#a8cce2

#a8afe2

#bea8e2

Triadic

#a8afe2

#e2a8af

#afe2a8

Split-complementary

#a8afe2

#e2bea8

#cce2a8

Tetradic

#a8afe2

#dba8e2

#e2dba8

#afe2a8

Square

#a8afe2

#e2a8cc

#e2dba8

#a8e2be

Shades

Color #a8afe2 mixed toward black.

#7782d2

#4654c1

#313d94

#212963

#101431

Tints

Color #a8afe2 mixed toward white.

#b7bce7

#c5caec

#d4d7f1

#e2e4f5

#f1f2fa

Tones

Color #a8afe2 mixed toward gray.

#adb3dd

#b2b6d8

#b7bad4

#bbbecf

#c0c1ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd7 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#abaad4 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#a8cecc · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8afe2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8afe2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a8afe2 (#a8afe2) is rgb(168, 175, 226) in RGB.

No, #a8afe2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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