HEX Color #A8C5C5 (Silver)

About #A8C5C5

When working with digital screens, the color #A8C5C5 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Silver. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(168, 197, 197).

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 15% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 180.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8C5C5

RGB168, 197, 197

HSL180.0°, 20.0%, 71.6%

CMYK15%, 0%, 0%, 23%

HSV180.0°, 14.7%, 77.3%

LAB77.5, -9.7, -3.3

XYZ46.2, 52.3, 60.5

Decimal11060677

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A8C5C5 #C4A7A7

Analogous

#A7C4B6 #A7B6C4

Triadic

#C4A7C4 #C4C4A7

Tetradic

#B6A7C4 #C4A7A7 #B6C4A7

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A8C5C5

#B1CBCB

#BBD1D1

#C5D8D8

#CEDEDE

#D8E5E5

#E2EBEB

#EBF2F2

#F5F8F8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A8C5C5

#95AFAF

#829999

#708383

#5D6D6D

#4A5757

#384141

#252B2B

#121515

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.83:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.46:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.75:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.74:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8C5C5; }

.text-color { color: #A8C5C5; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8C5C5; }

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