Colour

#A8EAE5

#A8EAE5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A8EAE5 is a cyan with RGB values 168, 234, 229 and HSL 175°, 61%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A8EAE5#A8EAE5

HEX#A8EAE5

RGBrgb(168, 234, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.9176, 0.898

RGB percentages65.9%, 91.8%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(175.5, 61.1%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.5, 28.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK28.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,070,181

CSS custom property--colour: #A8EAE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.57:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#57151A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E3E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6DAE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Tritanopia#92EDE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.4 Powder blue · ΔE 8.7 Light blue · ΔE 13.7 Light cyan · ΔE 15.1 Honeydew · ΔE 19.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 3.39, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAA8AD

Analogous#A8EAC4, #A8CEEA

Triadic#E5A8EA, #EAE5A8

Split complementary#EAA8CE, #EAC4A8

Tetradic#C4A8EA, #EAA8AD, #CEEAA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFEFE

Lighter +10%#D1F4F1

Darker −10%#7FE0D9

Darker −20%#56D6CC

Darker −30%#30C9BD

Darker −40%#27A096

More saturated +25%#9BF7F0

Less saturated −25%#B6DDDA

Channel breakdown

R168

G234

B229

Red168 (65.9%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue175.45°

Saturation (HSL)61.11%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A8 · G EA · B E5

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