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#A8D9FC

#a8d9fc ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a8d9fc is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 85.1% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.33% cyan, 13.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 205°, with 93.33% saturation and 82.35% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 4.68.

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Relative luminance0.6498

Complementary

  1. #a8d9fc
  2. #fccba8

Split complementary

  1. #a8d9fc
  2. #fca8af
  3. #fcf5a8

Analogous

  1. #a8fcf5
  2. #a8d9fc
  3. #a8affc

Triadic

  1. #a8d9fc
  2. #fca8d9
  3. #d9fca8

Tetradic

  1. #a8d9fc
  2. #cba8fc
  3. #fccba8
  4. #d9fca8

Square

  1. #a8d9fc
  2. #f5a8fc
  3. #fccba8
  4. #affca8

Monochromatic

  1. #1498f7
  2. #5eb9f9
  3. #a8d9fc
  4. #ebf6fe
  5. #ebf6fe

Shades

#a8d9fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8d9fc
  2. #97c3e3
  3. #86aeca
  4. #7698b0
  5. #658297
  6. #546d7e
  7. #435765
  8. #32414c
  9. #222b32
  10. #111619
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8d9fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8d9fc
  2. #b1ddfc
  3. #b9e1fd
  4. #c2e4fd
  5. #cbe8fd
  6. #d4ecfe
  7. #dcf0fe
  8. #e5f4fe
  9. #eef7fe
  10. #f6fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8d9fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8d9fc
  2. #a4d0f0
  3. #a0c7e3
  4. #9cbed7
  5. #98b5ca
  6. #94adbe
  7. #90a4b2
  8. #8c9ba5
  9. #889299
  10. #84898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3d5e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cad8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcffb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8de2e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdd8fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6d3fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #98deee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8d9fc {
  color: #a8d9fc;
}
Background
.bg-a8d9fc {
  background-color: #a8d9fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8d9fc {
  border: 2px solid #a8d9fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8d9fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 217 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 93% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8d9fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8d9fc, #a8affc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8d9fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 217 252 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.68 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.22 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.37 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.27 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.29 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.13 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.64 #572603 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#a8d9fc  rgb(168, 217, 252)  hsl(205, 93%, 82%)  Light Sky Blue
#fccba8  rgb(252, 203, 168)  hsl(25, 93%, 82%)  Apricot
#fca8d9  rgb(252, 168, 217)  hsl(325, 93%, 82%)  Carnation Pink
#d9fca8  rgb(217, 252, 168)  hsl(85, 93%, 82%)  Tea Green