#a8dbe2

Color #a8dbe2

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 2.18 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a8dbe2

RGB

rgb(168, 219, 226)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(84.21, -14.78, -8.79)

LCH

lch(84.21, 17.2, 210.74)

OKLCH

oklch(85.8%, 0.0534, 206.71)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2afa8

Analogous

#a8e2cc

#a8dbe2

#a8bee2

Triadic

#a8dbe2

#e2a8db

#dbe2a8

Split-complementary

#a8dbe2

#e2a8be

#e2cca8

Tetradic

#a8dbe2

#afa8e2

#e2afa8

#dbe2a8

Square

#a8dbe2

#cca8e2

#e2afa8

#bee2a8

Shades

Color #a8dbe2 mixed toward black.

#77c7d2

#46b2c1

#318894

#215b63

#102d31

Tints

Color #a8dbe2 mixed toward white.

#b7e1e7

#c5e7ec

#d4edf1

#e2f3f5

#f1f9fa

Tones

Color #a8dbe2 mixed toward gray.

#add7dd

#b2d4d8

#b7d0d4

#bbcccf

#c0c9ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c1e0 · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#bdb9e0 · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#abdfdf · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8dbe2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8dbe2]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a8dbe2 (#a8dbe2) is rgb(168, 219, 226) in RGB.

No, #a8dbe2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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