#ababe3

Color #ababe3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 19.66 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ababe3

RGB

rgb(171, 171, 227)

HSL

hsl(240, 50%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 24.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(71.78, 11.98, -28.1)

LCH

lch(71.78, 30.55, 293.09)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0799, 284.35)

HWB

hwb(240, 67.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3e3ab

Analogous

#abc7e3

#ababe3

#c7abe3

Triadic

#ababe3

#e3abab

#abe3ab

Split-complementary

#ababe3

#e3c7ab

#c7e3ab

Tetradic

#ababe3

#e3abe3

#e3e3ab

#abe3ab

Square

#ababe3

#e3abc7

#e3e3ab

#abe3c7

Shades

Color #ababe3 mixed toward black.

#7979d2

#4747c2

#323295

#212163

#111132

Tints

Color #ababe3 mixed toward white.

#b9b9e8

#c7c7ec

#d5d5f1

#e3e3f6

#f1f1fa

Tones

Color #ababe3 mixed toward gray.

#b0b0de

#b4b4da

#b9b9d5

#bebed0

#c2c2cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd7 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#ababd4 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#abcdcb · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ababe3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ababe3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#ababe3 (#ababe3) is rgb(171, 171, 227) in RGB.

No, #ababe3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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