#a8ceea

Color #a8ceea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a8ceea

RGB

rgb(168, 206, 234)

HSL

hsl(205.5, 61.1%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.5, 28.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(80.96, -6.23, -17.91)

LCH

lch(80.96, 18.96, 250.82)

OKLCH

oklch(83.3%, 0.0564, 240.26)

HWB

hwb(205.5, 65.9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac4a8

Analogous

#a8eae5

#a8ceea

#a8adea

Triadic

#a8ceea

#eaa8ce

#ceeaa8

Split-complementary

#a8ceea

#eaa8ad

#eae5a8

Tetradic

#a8ceea

#c4a8ea

#eac4a8

#ceeaa8

Square

#a8ceea

#e5a8ea

#eac4a8

#adeaa8

Shades

Color #a8ceea mixed toward black.

#72afdd

#3c91d0

#276ea2

#1a496c

#0d2536

Tints

Color #a8ceea mixed toward white.

#b6d6ed

#c5def1

#d3e6f4

#e2eff8

#f0f7fb

Tones

Color #a8ceea mixed toward gray.

#adcde4

#b3ccdf

#b8cbd9

#becbd4

#c3cace

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babae4 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#b7b5e2 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#aadedd · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8ceea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8ceea]

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Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#a8ceea (#a8ceea) is rgb(168, 206, 234) in RGB.

No, #a8ceea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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