#a8e1ea

Color #a8e1ea

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 2.97 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a8e1ea

RGB

rgb(168, 225, 234)

HSL

hsl(188.2, 61.1%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.2, 28.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(86.06, -16.02, -10.27)

LCH

lch(86.06, 19.03, 212.66)

OKLCH

oklch(87.4%, 0.0593, 208.16)

HWB

hwb(188.2, 65.9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab1a8

Analogous

#a8ead2

#a8e1ea

#a8c0ea

Triadic

#a8e1ea

#eaa8e1

#e1eaa8

Split-complementary

#a8e1ea

#eaa8c0

#ead2a8

Tetradic

#a8e1ea

#b1a8ea

#eab1a8

#e1eaa8

Square

#a8e1ea

#d2a8ea

#eab1a8

#c0eaa8

Shades

Color #a8e1ea mixed toward black.

#72cedd

#3cbcd0

#2791a2

#1a616c

#0d3036

Tints

Color #a8e1ea mixed toward white.

#b6e6ed

#c5ebf1

#d3f0f4

#e2f5f8

#f0fafb

Tones

Color #a8e1ea mixed toward gray.

#addde4

#b3d9df

#b8d5d9

#bed1d4

#c3cdce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c4e8 · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#c0bce7 · ΔE 24.2

Tritanopia

#abe6e6 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 16.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a8e1ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8e1ea]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#a8e1ea (#a8e1ea) is rgb(168, 225, 234) in RGB.

No, #a8e1ea 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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