#a1c8e9

Color #a1c8e9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.68 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a1c8e9

RGB

rgb(161, 200, 233)

HSL

hsl(207.5, 62.1%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.5, 30.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(78.91, -5.3, -20.53)

LCH

lch(78.91, 21.2, 255.52)

OKLCH

oklch(81.6%, 0.0625, 244.21)

HWB

hwb(207.5, 63.1%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9c2a1

Analogous

#a1e9e6

#a1c8e9

#a1a4e9

Triadic

#a1c8e9

#e9a1c8

#c8e9a1

Split-complementary

#a1c8e9

#e9a1a4

#e9e6a1

Tetradic

#a1c8e9

#c2a1e9

#e9c2a1

#c8e9a1

Square

#a1c8e9

#e6a1e9

#e9c2a1

#a4e9a1

Shades

Color #a1c8e9 mixed toward black.

#6ca9dd

#378ad0

#2568a0

#19456b

#0c2335

Tints

Color #a1c8e9 mixed toward white.

#b1d1ed

#c0daf0

#d0e4f4

#e0edf8

#eff6fb

Tones

Color #a1c8e9 mixed toward gray.

#a7c8e3

#adc7dd

#b3c7d7

#b9c6d1

#bfc6cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b4e2 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#b1aee0 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#a3dcda · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 14.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a1c8e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1c8e9]

Related colors

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#a1c8e9 (#a1c8e9) is rgb(161, 200, 233) in RGB.

No, #a1c8e9 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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