#aca9c6

Color #aca9c6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aca9c6

RGB

rgb(172, 169, 198)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 20.3%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 14.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(70.33, 6.87, -14.38)

LCH

lch(70.33, 15.94, 295.54)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0414, 290.05)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 66.3%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3c6a9

Analogous

#a9b5c6

#aca9c6

#bba9c6

Triadic

#aca9c6

#c6aca9

#a9c6ac

Split-complementary

#aca9c6

#c6bba9

#b5c6a9

Tetradic

#aca9c6

#c6a9c3

#c3c6a9

#a9c6ac

Square

#aca9c6

#c6a9b5

#c3c6a9

#a9c6bb

Shades

Color #aca9c6 mixed toward black.

#8984ae

#676293

#4d496e

#33314a

#1a1825

Tints

Color #aca9c6 mixed toward white.

#bab7d0

#c8c6d9

#d6d4e3

#e3e2ec

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #aca9c6 mixed toward gray.

#aeacc4

#b0aec1

#b2b0bf

#b4b3bc

#b6b5ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc0 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#ababbe · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#acbab9 · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 12.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aca9c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca9c6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aca9c6 (#aca9c6) is rgb(172, 169, 198) in RGB.

No, #aca9c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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