HEX Color #A8C5F0 (Lightsteelblue)

About #A8C5F0

At its core, #A8C5F0 is a very light and vivid hue. Its closest recognized web color is Lightsteelblue. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 197 parts green, and 240 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 30% cyan and 18% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 215.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Contrast ratios determine whether this color is safe for typography. Because it is a very light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8C5F0

RGB168, 197, 240

HSL215.8°, 70.6%, 80.0%

CMYK30%, 18%, 0%, 6%

HSV215.8°, 30.0%, 94.1%

LAB78.8, -0.0, -24.4

XYZ51.8, 54.5, 90.2

Decimal11060720

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A8C5F0 #F0D3A8

Analogous

#A8E8F0 #AFA8F0

Triadic

#F0A8C4 #C4F0A8

Tetradic

#F0A8E8 #F0D3A8 #A8F0AF

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A8C5F0

#B1CBF1

#BBD1F3

#C5D8F5

#CEDEF6

#D8E5F8

#E2EBFA

#EBF2FB

#F5F8FD

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A8C5F0

#95AFD5

#8299BA

#7083A0

#5D6D85

#4A576A

#384150

#252B35

#12151A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.76:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.91:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.69:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

10.12:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8C5F0; }

.text-color { color: #A8C5F0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8C5F0; }

Similar Colors

Lightsteelblue

#B0C4DE