#a0e8ff

Color #a0e8ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.65 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a0e8ff

RGB

rgb(160, 232, 255)

HSL

hsl(194.5, 100%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.5, 37.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.3%, 9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(88.16, -16.75, -18.21)

LCH

lch(88.16, 24.74, 227.39)

OKLCH

oklch(89.1%, 0.078, 219.85)

HWB

hwb(194.5, 62.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffb7a0

Analogous

#a0ffe6

#a0e8ff

#a0b9ff

Triadic

#a0e8ff

#ffa0e8

#e8ffa0

Split-complementary

#a0e8ff

#ffa0b9

#ffe6a0

Tetradic

#a0e8ff

#b7a0ff

#ffb7a0

#e8ffa0

Square

#a0e8ff

#e6a0ff

#ffb7a0

#b9ffa0

Shades

Color #a0e8ff mixed toward black.

#5bd7ff

#16c7ff

#009dd0

#00698a

#003445

Tints

Color #a0e8ff mixed toward white.

#b0ecff

#c0f0ff

#d0f4ff

#dff7ff

#effbff

Tones

Color #a0e8ff mixed toward gray.

#a8e4f7

#b0e0ef

#b8dce7

#c0d8df

#c8d4d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c4fa · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#bfbaf8 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#a5f5f4 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 18.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a0e8ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a0e8ff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#a0e8ff (#a0e8ff) is rgb(160, 232, 255) in RGB.

No, #a0e8ff 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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