Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#A8E5FD

  • #A8E5FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A8E5FD is a cyan with RGB values 168, 229, 253 and HSL 197°, 96%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A8E5FD#A8E5FD
HEX#A8E5FD
RGBrgb(168, 229, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.898, 0.9922
RGB percentages65.9%, 89.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(196.9, 95.5%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 33.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK33.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,068,925
CSS custom property--colour: #A8E5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#571A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD8FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8AEDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.9Sky blue · ΔE 9.3Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.1Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDC0A8
Analogous#A8FDEB, #A8BAFD
Triadic#FDA8E5, #E5FDA8
Split complementary#FDA8BA, #FDEAA8
Tetradic#EBA8FD, #FDC0A8, #BBFDA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAF4FE
Darker −10%#76D6FC
Darker −20%#44C7FB
Darker −30%#12B8FA
Darker −40%#059AD4
More saturated +25%#A6E6FF
Less saturated −25%#B3E0F2

Channel breakdown

R168
G229
B253
Red168 (65.9%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue196.94°
Saturation (HSL)95.51%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G E5 · B FD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a8e5fd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.