Recognised as Colour

#A8DAE0

#A8DAE0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#A8DAE0 is a cyan with RGB values 168, 218, 224 and HSL 186°, 47%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A8DAE0#A8DAE0

HEX#A8DAE0

RGBrgb(168, 218, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.8549, 0.8784

RGB percentages65.9%, 85.5%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(186.4, 47.5%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 25%, 87.8%)

CMYK25%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,066,080

CSS custom property--colour: #A8DAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.77:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#57251F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2D6E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8CEE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Tritanopia#96DEDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 2.3 Light blue · ΔE 5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.1 Sky blue · ΔE 13.9 Light cyan · ΔE 15.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 2.34, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E0AEA8

Analogous#A8E0CA, #A8BEE0

Triadic#E0A8DA, #DAE0A8

Split complementary#E0A8BE, #E0CAA8

Tetradic#CAA8E0, #E0AEA8, #BEE0A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3FAFB

Lighter +10%#CEEAED

Darker −10%#82CAD3

Darker −20%#5DBAC5

Darker −30%#3FA4B0

Darker −40%#31818B

More saturated +25%#99E6EF

Less saturated −25%#B7CED1

Channel breakdown

R168

G218

B224

Red168 (65.9%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue186.43°

Saturation (HSL)47.46%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G DA · B E0

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