#a1e3e3

Color #a1e3e3

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 4.13 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#a1e3e3

RGB

rgb(161, 227, 227)

HSL

hsl(180, 54.1%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 29.1%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(86.04, -20.57, -6.66)

LCH

lch(86.04, 21.62, 197.94)

OKLCH

oklch(87.2%, 0.0663, 196.03)

HWB

hwb(180, 63.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3a1a1

Analogous

#a1e3c2

#a1e3e3

#a1c2e3

Triadic

#a1e3e3

#e3a1e3

#e3e3a1

Split-complementary

#a1e3e3

#e3a1c2

#e3c2a1

Tetradic

#a1e3e3

#a1a1e3

#e3a1a1

#e3e3a1

Square

#a1e3e3

#c2a1e3

#e3a1a1

#c2e3a1

Shades

Color #a1e3e3 mixed toward black.

#6fd4d4

#3dc5c5

#2d9696

#1e6464

#0f3232

Tints

Color #a1e3e3 mixed toward white.

#b1e8e8

#c0ecec

#d0f1f1

#e0f6f6

#effafa

Tones

Color #a1e3e3 mixed toward gray.

#a7dede

#acd8d8

#b2d3d3

#b7cdcd

#bdc8c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c2e3 · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#bdb8e3 · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#a5e3e3 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a1e3e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a1e3e3]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#a1e3e3 (#a1e3e3) is rgb(161, 227, 227) in RGB.

No, #a1e3e3 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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