#a8dae2

Color #a8dae2

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 2.49 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a8dae2

RGB

rgb(168, 218, 226)

HSL

hsl(188.3, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.3, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(83.94, -14.28, -9.19)

LCH

lch(83.94, 16.98, 212.76)

OKLCH

oklch(85.6%, 0.0528, 208.26)

HWB

hwb(188.3, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2b0a8

Analogous

#a8e2cd

#a8dae2

#a8bde2

Triadic

#a8dae2

#e2a8da

#dae2a8

Split-complementary

#a8dae2

#e2a8bd

#e2cda8

Tetradic

#a8dae2

#b0a8e2

#e2b0a8

#dae2a8

Square

#a8dae2

#cda8e2

#e2b0a8

#bde2a8

Shades

Color #a8dae2 mixed toward black.

#77c5d2

#46b0c1

#318694

#215963

#102d31

Tints

Color #a8dae2 mixed toward white.

#b7e0e7

#c5e6ec

#d4edf1

#e2f3f5

#f1f9fa

Tones

Color #a8dae2 mixed toward gray.

#add7dd

#b2d3d8

#b7d0d4

#bbcccf

#c0c9ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0e0 · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#bdb9e0 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#abdfde · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 15.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8dae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8dae2]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#a8dae2 (#a8dae2) is rgb(168, 218, 226) in RGB.

No, #a8dae2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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