#A8BDBD

A light, muted cyan closely aligning with Silver.

About #A8BDBD

At its core, #A8BDBD is a light and muted hue. Its closest recognized web color is Silver. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 189 parts green, and 189 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 11% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8BDBD
RGB168, 189, 189
HSL180.0°, 13.7%, 70.0%
CMYK11%, 0%, 0%, 26%
HSV180.0°, 11.1%, 74.1%
LAB75.1, -7.1, -2.4
XYZ43.5, 48.4, 55.2
Decimal11058621

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.97:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.68:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.88:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.08:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8BDBD; }
.text-color { color: #A8BDBD; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8BDBD; }

Similar Colors

Silver
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