HEX Color #8AAFA8 (Cadetblue)

About #8AAFA8

When working with digital screens, the color #8AAFA8 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Cadetblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 138, 175, and 168.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 21% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 168.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8AAFA8

RGB138, 175, 168

HSL168.6°, 18.8%, 61.4%

CMYK21%, 0%, 4%, 31%

HSV168.6°, 21.1%, 68.6%

LAB68.7, -14.0, -0.5

XYZ32.9, 38.9, 42.8

Decimal9088936

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8AAFA8 #AF8A91

Analogous

#8AAF95 #8AA3AF

Triadic

#A88AAF #AFA88A

Tetradic

#958AAF #AF8A91 #A3AF8A

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8AAFA8

#97B7B1

#A4C0BB

#B1C9C5

#BED2CE

#CBDBD8

#D8E4E2

#E5EDEB

#F2F6F5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8AAFA8

#7A9B95

#6B8882

#5C7470

#4C615D

#3D4D4A

#2E3A38

#1E2625

#0F1312

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.39:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.78:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.29:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.46:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8AAFA8; }

.text-color { color: #8AAFA8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8AAFA8; }

Similar Colors

Cadetblue

#5F9EA0