#aaacc8

Color #aaacc8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aaacc8

RGB

rgb(170, 172, 200)

HSL

hsl(236, 21.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236, 15%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(71.02, 4.99, -14.46)

LCH

lch(71.02, 15.3, 289.04)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0401, 282.09)

HWB

hwb(236, 66.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8c6aa

Analogous

#aabbc8

#aaacc8

#b7aac8

Triadic

#aaacc8

#c8aaac

#acc8aa

Split-complementary

#aaacc8

#c8b7aa

#bbc8aa

Tetradic

#aaacc8

#c6aac8

#c8c6aa

#acc8aa

Square

#aaacc8

#c8aabb

#c8c6aa

#aac8b7

Shades

Color #aaacc8 mixed toward black.

#8487b0

#616496

#494b70

#30324b

#181925

Tints

Color #aaacc8 mixed toward white.

#b8bad1

#c6c8da

#d4d5e3

#e3e3ed

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #aaacc8 mixed toward gray.

#acaec5

#afb0c3

#b1b2c0

#b4b5be

#b6b7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc2 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#ababc0 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#aabdbb · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaacc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaacc8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaacc8 (#aaacc8) is rgb(170, 172, 200) in RGB.

No, #aaacc8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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