#A8CCCC

A light, muted cyan closely aligning with Powderblue.

About #A8CCCC

Visually, #A8CCCC is defined as a muted cyan. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Powderblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 204 green, and 204 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 18% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 180.0° hue, 26.1% saturation, and 72.9% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8CCCC
RGB168, 204, 204
HSL180.0°, 26.1%, 72.9%
CMYK18%, 0%, 0%, 20%
HSV180.0°, 17.6%, 80.0%
LAB79.5, -11.9, -4.0
XYZ48.6, 55.9, 65.3
Decimal11062476

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.72:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
12.17:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.65:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
10.35:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8CCCC; }
.text-color { color: #A8CCCC; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8CCCC; }

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