#a9e2cc

Color #a9e2cc

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 12.5 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-200 #a4f4cf · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a9e2cc

RGB

rgb(169, 226, 204)

HSL

hsl(156.8, 49.6%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(156.8, 25.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 0%, 9.7%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(85.6, -22.65, 4.88)

LCH

lch(85.6, 23.17, 167.84)

OKLCH

oklch(86.8%, 0.0659, 169.07)

HWB

hwb(156.8, 66.3%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2a9bf

Analogous

#a9e2b0

#a9e2cc

#a9dce2

Triadic

#a9e2cc

#cca9e2

#e2cca9

Split-complementary

#a9e2cc

#e2a9dc

#e2b0a9

Tetradic

#a9e2cc

#a9bfe2

#e2a9bf

#e2cca9

Square

#a9e2cc

#b0a9e2

#e2a9bf

#dce2a9

Shades

Color #a9e2cc mixed toward black.

#78d1af

#47c192

#32946e

#216349

#113125

Tints

Color #a9e2cc mixed toward white.

#b7e7d5

#c6ecdd

#d4f1e6

#e2f5ee

#f1faf7

Tones

Color #a9e2cc mixed toward gray.

#aeddcb

#b3d9ca

#b7d4c9

#bccfc8

#c1cac7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c4c5d2 · ΔE 23.3

Deuteranopia

#c1bdd3 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#acd6d7 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 19.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9e2cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9e2cc]

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Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#a9e2cc (#a9e2cc) is rgb(169, 226, 204) in RGB.

No, #a9e2cc 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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