#a8bee2

Color #a8bee2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.84 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a8bee2

RGB

rgb(168, 190, 226)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(76.46, 0.42, -20.43)

LCH

lch(76.46, 20.43, 271.18)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.0567, 260.26)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2cca8

Analogous

#a8dbe2

#a8bee2

#afa8e2

Triadic

#a8bee2

#e2a8be

#bee2a8

Split-complementary

#a8bee2

#e2afa8

#dbe2a8

Tetradic

#a8bee2

#cca8e2

#e2cca8

#bee2a8

Square

#a8bee2

#e2a8db

#e2cca8

#a8e2af

Shades

Color #a8bee2 mixed toward black.

#7799d2

#4675c1

#315794

#213a63

#101d31

Tints

Color #a8bee2 mixed toward white.

#b7c9e7

#c5d4ec

#d4dff1

#e2e9f5

#f1f4fa

Tones

Color #a8bee2 mixed toward gray.

#adbfdd

#b2c0d8

#b7c2d4

#bbc3cf

#c0c4ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2da · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#b1afd8 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a9d3d2 · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8bee2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8bee2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#a8bee2 (#a8bee2) is rgb(168, 190, 226) in RGB.

No, #a8bee2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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