#a8d8e1

Color #a8d8e1

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 3.2 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a8d8e1

RGB

rgb(168, 216, 225)

HSL

hsl(189.5, 48.7%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.5, 25.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 4%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(83.37, -13.48, -9.51)

LCH

lch(83.37, 16.5, 215.2)

OKLCH

oklch(85.2%, 0.0513, 210.31)

HWB

hwb(189.5, 65.9%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1b1a8

Analogous

#a8e1ce

#a8d8e1

#a8bce1

Triadic

#a8d8e1

#e1a8d8

#d8e1a8

Split-complementary

#a8d8e1

#e1a8bc

#e1cea8

Tetradic

#a8d8e1

#b1a8e1

#e1b1a8

#d8e1a8

Square

#a8d8e1

#cea8e1

#e1b1a8

#bce1a8

Shades

Color #a8d8e1 mixed toward black.

#77c2d0

#47acbf

#328392

#225761

#112c31

Tints

Color #a8d8e1 mixed toward white.

#b7dfe6

#c5e5eb

#d4ecf0

#e2f2f5

#f1f9fa

Tones

Color #a8d8e1 mixed toward gray.

#add5dc

#b2d2d8

#b6ced3

#bbcbce

#c0c8c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfdf · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#bcb8de · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#abdddd · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#d0d0d0 · ΔE 14.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8d8e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8d8e1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#a8d8e1 (#a8d8e1) is rgb(168, 216, 225) in RGB.

No, #a8d8e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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