#a8d7dd

Color #a8d7dd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 3.15 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a8d7dd

RGB

rgb(168, 215, 221)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 43.8%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 24%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(82.99, -13.86, -7.95)

LCH

lch(82.99, 15.98, 209.84)

OKLCH

oklch(84.8%, 0.0495, 205.89)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 65.9%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddaea8

Analogous

#a8ddc9

#a8d7dd

#a8bddd

Triadic

#a8d7dd

#dda8d7

#d7dda8

Split-complementary

#a8d7dd

#dda8bd

#ddc9a8

Tetradic

#a8d7dd

#aea8dd

#ddaea8

#d7dda8

Square

#a8d7dd

#c9a8dd

#ddaea8

#bddda8

Shades

Color #a8d7dd mixed toward black.

#79c2cb

#4bacb9

#37828c

#24575d

#122b2f

Tints

Color #a8d7dd mixed toward white.

#b7dee3

#c5e4e8

#d4ebee

#e2f2f4

#f1f8f9

Tones

Color #a8d7dd mixed toward gray.

#add4d9

#b1d0d4

#b5cdd0

#bac9cb

#bec6c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebfdc · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#bbb8db · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#abdada · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8d7dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8d7dd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a8d7dd (#a8d7dd) is rgb(168, 215, 221) in RGB.

No, #a8d7dd 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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