#a8c0ee

Color #a8c0ee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.88 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a8c0ee

RGB

rgb(168, 192, 238)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 67.3%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 29.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(77.4, 2.2, -25.47)

LCH

lch(77.4, 25.56, 274.94)

OKLCH

oklch(80.6%, 0.0706, 263.25)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 65.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eed6a8

Analogous

#a8e3ee

#a8c0ee

#b3a8ee

Triadic

#a8c0ee

#eea8c0

#c0eea8

Split-complementary

#a8c0ee

#eeb3a8

#e3eea8

Tetradic

#a8c0ee

#d6a8ee

#eed6a8

#c0eea8

Square

#a8c0ee

#eea8e3

#eed6a8

#a8eeb3

Shades

Color #a8c0ee mixed toward black.

#6f97e3

#376ed8

#2150aa

#163571

#0b1b39

Tints

Color #a8c0ee mixed toward white.

#b6cbf1

#c5d5f4

#d3e0f6

#e2eaf9

#f0f5fc

Tones

Color #a8c0ee mixed toward gray.

#aec2e8

#b4c4e2

#b9c5dc

#bfc7d7

#c5c9d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3e4 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#b1b0e1 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#a9dcda · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 16.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8c0ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8c0ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a8c0ee (#a8c0ee) is rgb(168, 192, 238) in RGB.

No, #a8c0ee 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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