#a3d9e1

Color #a3d9e1

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 3.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a3d9e1

RGB

rgb(163, 217, 225)

HSL

hsl(187.7, 50.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.7, 27.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(83.36, -15.44, -9.56)

LCH

lch(83.36, 18.16, 211.76)

OKLCH

oklch(85.1%, 0.0565, 207.52)

HWB

hwb(187.7, 63.9%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1aba3

Analogous

#a3e1ca

#a3d9e1

#a3bae1

Triadic

#a3d9e1

#e1a3d9

#d9e1a3

Split-complementary

#a3d9e1

#e1a3ba

#e1caa3

Tetradic

#a3d9e1

#aba3e1

#e1aba3

#d9e1a3

Square

#a3d9e1

#caa3e1

#e1aba3

#bae1a3

Shades

Color #a3d9e1 mixed toward black.

#72c5d1

#42b1c1

#308692

#205962

#102d31

Tints

Color #a3d9e1 mixed toward white.

#b2dfe6

#c2e6eb

#d1ecf0

#e0f2f5

#f0f9fa

Tones

Color #a3d9e1 mixed toward gray.

#a8d5dc

#add1d7

#b3ced2

#b8cacc

#bdc6c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbddf · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#bab5df · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#a6dedd · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#d0d0d0 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3d9e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3d9e1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#a3d9e1 (#a3d9e1) is rgb(163, 217, 225) in RGB.

No, #a3d9e1 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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