#a0c5ce

Color #a0c5ce

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 7.25 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a0c5ce

RGB

rgb(160, 197, 206)

HSL

hsl(191.7, 31.9%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.7, 22.3%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(77.2, -10.29, -8.57)

LCH

lch(77.2, 13.39, 219.79)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.0415, 214.19)

HWB

hwb(191.7, 62.7%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cea9a0

Analogous

#a0cec0

#a0c5ce

#a0aece

Triadic

#a0c5ce

#cea0c5

#c5cea0

Split-complementary

#a0c5ce

#cea0ae

#cec0a0

Tetradic

#a0c5ce

#a9a0ce

#cea9a0

#c5cea0

Square

#a0c5ce

#c0a0ce

#cea9a0

#aecea0

Shades

Color #a0c5ce mixed toward black.

#78adb9

#5392a1

#3e6d79

#2a4950

#152428

Tints

Color #a0c5ce mixed toward white.

#b0cfd6

#c0d8de

#d0e2e7

#dfecef

#eff5f7

Tones

Color #a0c5ce mixed toward gray.

#a4c3ca

#a8c0c6

#acbec3

#afbcbf

#b3b9bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b2cc · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#afaccb · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#a2caca · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 12.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a0c5ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0c5ce]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#a0c5ce (#a0c5ce) is rgb(160, 197, 206) in RGB.

No, #a0c5ce is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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