#a1ddd8

Color #a1ddd8

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 6.56 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a1ddd8

RGB

rgb(161, 221, 216)

HSL

hsl(175, 46.9%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175, 27.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(84.09, -20.04, -3.71)

LCH

lch(84.09, 20.38, 190.49)

OKLCH

oklch(85.5%, 0.0615, 189.65)

HWB

hwb(175, 63.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dda1a6

Analogous

#a1ddba

#a1ddd8

#a1c4dd

Triadic

#a1ddd8

#d8a1dd

#ddd8a1

Split-complementary

#a1ddd8

#dda1c4

#ddbaa1

Tetradic

#a1ddd8

#a1a6dd

#dda1a6

#ddd8a1

Square

#a1ddd8

#baa1dd

#dda1a6

#c4dda1

Shades

Color #a1ddd8 mixed toward black.

#72ccc5

#44bbb1

#338c85

#225e59

#112f2c

Tints

Color #a1ddd8 mixed toward white.

#b1e3df

#c0e8e5

#d0eeec

#e0f4f2

#eff9f9

Tones

Color #a1ddd8 mixed toward gray.

#a6d8d4

#abd3d0

#b0cecc

#b5c9c7

#bac4c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebfd9 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#bab6da · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#a5dada · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1ddd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1ddd8]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a1ddd8 (#a1ddd8) is rgb(161, 221, 216) in RGB.

No, #a1ddd8 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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