#acb8e5

Color #acb8e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.47 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#acb8e5

RGB

rgb(172, 184, 229)

HSL

hsl(227.4, 52.3%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.4, 24.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(75.27, 5.58, -23.84)

LCH

lch(75.27, 24.48, 283.17)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.0655, 273.15)

HWB

hwb(227.4, 67.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5d9ac

Analogous

#acd4e5

#acb8e5

#bcace5

Triadic

#acb8e5

#e5acb8

#b8e5ac

Split-complementary

#acb8e5

#e5bcac

#d4e5ac

Tetradic

#acb8e5

#d9ace5

#e5d9ac

#b8e5ac

Square

#acb8e5

#e5acd4

#e5d9ac

#ace5bc

Shades

Color #acb8e5 mixed toward black.

#798cd5

#4661c5

#304699

#202f66

#101733

Tints

Color #acb8e5 mixed toward white.

#bac4e9

#c8d0ee

#d5dbf2

#e3e7f6

#f1f3fb

Tones

Color #acb8e5 mixed toward gray.

#b1bbe0

#b5bddb

#bac0d7

#bfc3d2

#c4c6cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1db · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#b1b0d9 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#add3d1 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acb8e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acb8e5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#acb8e5 (#acb8e5) is rgb(172, 184, 229) in RGB.

No, #acb8e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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