#a8b9ee

Color #a8b9ee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.23 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a8b9ee

RGB

rgb(168, 185, 238)

HSL

hsl(225.4, 67.3%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.4, 29.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(75.57, 6.01, -28.27)

LCH

lch(75.57, 28.9, 282)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0779, 270.74)

HWB

hwb(225.4, 65.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eedda8

Analogous

#a8dcee

#a8b9ee

#baa8ee

Triadic

#a8b9ee

#eea8b9

#b9eea8

Split-complementary

#a8b9ee

#eebaa8

#dceea8

Tetradic

#a8b9ee

#dda8ee

#eedda8

#b9eea8

Square

#a8b9ee

#eea8dc

#eedda8

#a8eeba

Shades

Color #a8b9ee mixed toward black.

#6f8be3

#375ed8

#2142aa

#162c71

#0b1639

Tints

Color #a8b9ee mixed toward white.

#b6c5f1

#c5d0f4

#d3dcf6

#e2e8f9

#f0f3fc

Tones

Color #a8b9ee mixed toward gray.

#aebce8

#b4bfe2

#b9c2dc

#bfc5d7

#c5c8d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0e3 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#afade0 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#a9d9d7 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8b9ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8b9ee]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a8b9ee (#a8b9ee) is rgb(168, 185, 238) in RGB.

No, #a8b9ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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