HEX Color #A8F0E9 (Paleturquoise)

About #A8F0E9

At its core, #A8F0E9 is a very light and vivid hue. Its closest recognized web color is Paleturquoise. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 240 parts green, and 233 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 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 174.2° hue, 70.6% saturation, and 80.0% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. 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#A8F0E9

RGB168, 240, 233

HSL174.2°, 70.6%, 80.0%

CMYK30%, 0%, 3%, 6%

HSV174.2°, 30.0%, 94.1%

LAB90.1, -23.7, -3.8

XYZ62.0, 76.5, 88.6

Decimal11071721

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A8F0E9 #F0A8AF

Analogous

#A8F0C5 #A8D3F0

Triadic

#E8A8F0 #F0E8A8

Tetradic

#C4A8F0 #F0A8AF #D3F0A8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A8F0E9

#B1F1EB

#BBF3ED

#C5F5F0

#CEF6F2

#D8F8F5

#E2FAF7

#EBFBFA

#F5FDFC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A8F0E9

#95D5CF

#82BAB5

#70A09B

#5D8581

#4A6A67

#38504D

#253533

#121A19

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.29:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

16.31:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.23:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

13.86:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8F0E9; }

.text-color { color: #A8F0E9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8F0E9; }

Similar Colors

Paleturquoise

#AFEEEE