#a1c5cb

Color #a1c5cb

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 8.03 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#a1c5cb

RGB

rgb(161, 197, 203)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 28.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 20.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.7%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(77.17, -10.64, -6.98)

LCH

lch(77.17, 12.73, 213.27)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0393, 208.72)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 63.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cba7a1

Analogous

#a1cbbc

#a1c5cb

#a1b0cb

Triadic

#a1c5cb

#cba1c5

#c5cba1

Split-complementary

#a1c5cb

#cba1b0

#cbbca1

Tetradic

#a1c5cb

#a7a1cb

#cba7a1

#c5cba1

Square

#a1c5cb

#bca1cb

#cba7a1

#b0cba1

Shades

Color #a1c5cb mixed toward black.

#7aadb5

#56929c

#416e75

#2b494e

#162527

Tints

Color #a1c5cb mixed toward white.

#b1cfd4

#c0d8dc

#d0e2e5

#e0ecee

#eff5f6

Tones

Color #a1c5cb mixed toward gray.

#a5c3c8

#a8c0c4

#acbec1

#afbbbd

#b3b9ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2ca · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#b0adc9 · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#a3c8c8 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1c5cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1c5cb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#a1c5cb (#a1c5cb) is rgb(161, 197, 203) in RGB.

No, #a1c5cb 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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