#aca5ed

Color #aca5ed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aca5ed

RGB

rgb(172, 165, 237)

HSL

hsl(245.8, 66.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.8, 30.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(70.73, 18.02, -35.17)

LCH

lch(70.73, 39.52, 297.13)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1026, 288.12)

HWB

hwb(245.8, 64.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6eda5

Analogous

#a5c2ed

#aca5ed

#d0a5ed

Triadic

#aca5ed

#edaca5

#a5edac

Split-complementary

#aca5ed

#edd0a5

#c2eda5

Tetradic

#aca5ed

#eda5e6

#e6eda5

#a5edac

Square

#aca5ed

#eda5c2

#e6eda5

#a5edd0

Shades

Color #aca5ed mixed toward black.

#786de2

#4535d7

#2e21a7

#1f1670

#0f0b38

Tints

Color #aca5ed mixed toward white.

#bab4f0

#c8c3f3

#d5d2f6

#e3e1f9

#f1f0fc

Tones

Color #aca5ed mixed toward gray.

#b1abe7

#b6b1e1

#bab7db

#bfbdd5

#c4c3cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9de · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#a9aadb · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#acd2cf · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca5ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca5ed]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aca5ed (#aca5ed) is rgb(172, 165, 237) in RGB.

No, #aca5ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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