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#A8DBFF

#a8dbff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a8dbff 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, 85.88% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.12% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204.83°, with 100% saturation and 82.94% 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 14.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6621

Complementary

  1. #a8dbff
  2. #ffcca8

Split complementary

  1. #a8dbff
  2. #ffa8af
  3. #fff8a8

Analogous

  1. #a8fff8
  2. #a8dbff
  3. #a8afff

Triadic

  1. #a8dbff
  2. #ffa8db
  3. #dbffa8

Tetradic

  1. #a8dbff
  2. #cca8ff
  3. #ffcca8
  4. #dbffa8

Square

  1. #a8dbff
  2. #f8a8ff
  3. #ffcca8
  4. #afffa8

Monochromatic

  1. #0f9cff
  2. #5bbbff
  3. #a8dbff
  4. #ebf7ff
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#a8dbff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8dbff
  2. #97c5e6
  3. #86afcc
  4. #7699b3
  5. #658399
  6. #546e80
  7. #435866
  8. #32424d
  9. #222c33
  10. #11161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8dbff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8dbff
  2. #b1dfff
  3. #b9e2ff
  4. #c2e6ff
  5. #cbe9ff
  6. #d4edff
  7. #dcf1ff
  8. #e5f4ff
  9. #eef8ff
  10. #f6fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8dbff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8dbff
  2. #a4d2f2
  3. #a0c9e6
  4. #9cc0d9
  5. #98b7cc
  6. #94aec0
  7. #90a4b3
  8. #8c9ba6
  9. #889299
  10. #84898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4d7e7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbdaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0d0fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8be4e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bedaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7d5ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #97e0f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8dbff {
  color: #a8dbff;
}
Background
.bg-a8dbff {
  background-color: #a8dbff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8dbff {
  border: 2px solid #a8dbff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8dbff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 219 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8dbff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8dbff, #a8afff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8dbff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 219 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.73 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.32 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.65 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.38 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.67 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.30 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.65 #572400 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#a8dbff  rgb(168, 219, 255)  hsl(205, 100%, 83%)  Light Sky Blue
#ffcca8  rgb(255, 204, 168)  hsl(25, 100%, 83%)  Apricot
#ffa8db  rgb(255, 168, 219)  hsl(325, 100%, 83%)  Carnation Pink
#dbffa8  rgb(219, 255, 168)  hsl(85, 100%, 83%)  Tea Green