#aac8ca

Color #aac8ca

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 8.95 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aac8ca

RGB

rgb(170, 200, 202)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 23.2%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 15.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(78.53, -9.59, -4.37)

LCH

lch(78.53, 10.54, 204.5)

OKLCH

oklch(81.1%, 0.0323, 201.41)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 66.7%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caacaa

Analogous

#aacabc

#aac8ca

#aab8ca

Triadic

#aac8ca

#caaac8

#c8caaa

Split-complementary

#aac8ca

#caaab8

#cabcaa

Tetradic

#aac8ca

#acaaca

#caacaa

#c8caaa

Square

#aac8ca

#bcaaca

#caacaa

#b8caaa

Shades

Color #aac8ca mixed toward black.

#84afb2

#5f9599

#477073

#304b4c

#182526

Tints

Color #aac8ca mixed toward white.

#b8d1d3

#c6dadc

#d4e3e4

#e3eded

#f1f6f6

Tones

Color #aac8ca mixed toward gray.

#adc6c7

#afc3c5

#b2c1c2

#b5bfbf

#b7bcbd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8ca · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#b6b4c9 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#acc9c9 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aac8ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aac8ca]

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Powder Blue #b0e0e6

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Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#aac8ca (#aac8ca) is rgb(170, 200, 202) in RGB.

No, #aac8ca 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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