#aac8ea

Color #aac8ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.16 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aac8ea

RGB

rgb(170, 200, 234)

HSL

hsl(211.9, 60.4%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.9, 27.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(79.5, -2.48, -20.12)

LCH

lch(79.5, 20.27, 262.97)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.058, 251.72)

HWB

hwb(211.9, 66.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaccaa

Analogous

#aae8ea

#aac8ea

#acaaea

Triadic

#aac8ea

#eaaac8

#c8eaaa

Split-complementary

#aac8ea

#eaacaa

#e8eaaa

Tetradic

#aac8ea

#ccaaea

#eaccaa

#c8eaaa

Square

#aac8ea

#eaaae8

#eaccaa

#aaeaac

Shades

Color #aac8ea mixed toward black.

#74a5dd

#3e82cf

#2861a2

#1b416c

#0d2036

Tints

Color #aac8ea mixed toward white.

#b8d1ed

#c6daf1

#d4e3f4

#e3edf8

#f1f6fb

Tones

Color #aac8ea mixed toward gray.

#afc8e5

#b5c9df

#bac9da

#bfc9d5

#c5cacf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8e2 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#b6b4e1 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#acdcdb · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aac8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aac8ea]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#aac8ea (#aac8ea) is rgb(170, 200, 234) in RGB.

No, #aac8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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