HEX Color #A8E9E2 (Paleturquoise)

About #A8E9E2

The precise color #A8E9E2 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Paleturquoise. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 233 parts green, and 226 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 28% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8E9E2

RGB168, 233, 226

HSL173.5°, 59.6%, 78.6%

CMYK28%, 0%, 3%, 9%

HSV173.5°, 27.9%, 91.4%

LAB88.0, -21.8, -3.2

XYZ59.0, 72.1, 82.8

Decimal11069922

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A8E9E2 #E8A8AE

Analogous

#A8E8C1 #A8CFE8

Triadic

#E1A8E8 #E8E2A8

Tetradic

#C1A8E8 #E8A8AE #CFE8A8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A8E9E2

#B1EBE5

#BBEDE8

#C5F0EB

#CEF2EE

#D8F5F2

#E2F7F5

#EBFAF8

#F5FCFB

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A8E9E2

#95CFC8

#82B5AF

#709B96

#5D817D

#4A6764

#384D4B

#253332

#121919

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.36:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

15.42:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.30:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

13.11:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8E9E2; }

.text-color { color: #A8E9E2; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8E9E2; }

Similar Colors

Paleturquoise

#AFEEEE