#a0e8ea

Color #a0e8ea

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 3.69 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a0e8ea

RGB

rgb(160, 232, 234)

HSL

hsl(181.6, 63.8%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.6, 31.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(87.55, -21.73, -8.11)

LCH

lch(87.55, 23.19, 200.47)

OKLCH

oklch(88.4%, 0.0714, 198.11)

HWB

hwb(181.6, 62.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaa2a0

Analogous

#a0eac7

#a0e8ea

#a0c3ea

Triadic

#a0e8ea

#eaa0e8

#e8eaa0

Split-complementary

#a0e8ea

#eaa0c3

#eac7a0

Tetradic

#a0e8ea

#a2a0ea

#eaa2a0

#e8eaa0

Square

#a0e8ea

#c7a0ea

#eaa2a0

#c3eaa0

Shades

Color #a0e8ea mixed toward black.

#6adbde

#35ced2

#249ea1

#18696c

#0c3536

Tints

Color #a0e8ea mixed toward white.

#b0ecee

#c0f0f1

#d0f4f5

#dff7f8

#effbfc

Tones

Color #a0e8ea mixed toward gray.

#a6e2e4

#acdcde

#b3d7d8

#b9d1d1

#bfcbcb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c4ea · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#bfbae9 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#a5e9e9 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a0e8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0e8ea]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#a0e8ea (#a0e8ea) is rgb(160, 232, 234) in RGB.

No, #a0e8ea 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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