#a9acd8

Color #a9acd8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.9 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9acd8

RGB

rgb(169, 172, 216)

HSL

hsl(236.2, 37.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.2, 21.8%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(71.49, 8.25, -22.55)

LCH

lch(71.49, 24.01, 290.1)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.063, 281.72)

HWB

hwb(236.2, 66.3%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8d5a9

Analogous

#a9c4d8

#a9acd8

#bea9d8

Triadic

#a9acd8

#d8a9ac

#acd8a9

Split-complementary

#a9acd8

#d8bea9

#c4d8a9

Tetradic

#a9acd8

#d5a9d8

#d8d5a9

#acd8a9

Square

#a9acd8

#d8a9c4

#d8d5a9

#a9d8be

Shades

Color #a9acd8 mixed toward black.

#7d81c4

#5157b0

#3c4184

#282b58

#14162c

Tints

Color #a9acd8 mixed toward white.

#b7badf

#c6c8e5

#d4d6ec

#e2e3f2

#f1f1f9

Tones

Color #a9acd8 mixed toward gray.

#adafd4

#b1b3d0

#b5b6cc

#b9bac8

#bdbdc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaace · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#aaaacc · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#a9c7c5 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 16.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9acd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9acd8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a9acd8 (#a9acd8) is rgb(169, 172, 216) in RGB.

No, #a9acd8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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