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#A7B8D0 Light Steel Blue

The nearest named color to #A7B8D0 is Light Steel Blue (#B0C4DE).

#A7B8D0

Light Steel Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #A7B8D0?

HEX
#A7B8D0
RGB
rgb(167, 184, 208)
HSL
hsl(215, 30%, 74%)
OKLCH
oklch(77.7% 0.039 257)
CMYK
20, 12, 0, 18

#A7B8D0 has a contrast ratio of 2.02:1 against white and 10.41:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #A7B8D0
#A7B8D0
Same color
White
2.0Fail
Near-black
8.7AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #A7B8D0 · 8.7:1

Tints and shades of #A7B8D0

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #EFF6FF
  2. #C5D7F0
  3. #A7B8D0
  4. #8A9AB1
  5. #6D7D93
  6. #526177
  7. #38475B
  8. #202E40
  9. #0A1628

Colors that go with #A7B8D0

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Light Steel Blue, #A7B8D0 and Dark Sea Green, #72B498; Light Steel Blue, #C4C2DE and Ash Gray, #8CBDC2 become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

Export

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:root {
  --light-steel-blue-1: #A7B8D0; /* Light Steel Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #A7B8D0

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (34)

Gradients (4)

Mesh gradients (7)