#A2CBFF

sRGB: 162 / 203 / 255

Radiant blossoms drift beyond memory
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#A2CBFF belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 162 red, 203 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 213.5° lands in the azure region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.52:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 162, 203, 255
HSL: 213.55°, 100.00%, 81.76%
HSV / HSB: 213.55°, 36.47%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 36.47%, 20.39%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.303, 57.612, 102.870
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.523, -1.155, -29.816
WCAG relative luminance: 0.57613
24-bit decimal: 10669055

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A2CBFF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 12.52:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.68:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FFD6A2 sits half a turn (180°) from #A2CBFF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A2CBFF #FFD6A2

Analogous

#A2FAFF and #A7A2FF sit 30° to either side of #A2CBFF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A2FAFF #A2CBFF #A7A2FF

Triadic

#A2CBFF, #FFA2CB and #CBFFA2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A2CBFF #FFA2CB #CBFFA2

Split complementary

Start at #A2CBFF and look across the wheel. #FFA7A2 and #FAFFA2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A2CBFF #FFA7A2 #FAFFA2

Square

Starting with #A2CBFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFA2FA, #FFD6A2, then #A2FFA7. Across the square, #A2CBFF pairs with #FFD6A2, and #FFA2FA with #A2FFA7.

#A2CBFF #FFA2FA #FFD6A2 #A2FFA7

Tetradic

#A2CBFF and #FFD6A2 are opposites, as are #D6A2FF and #CBFFA2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A2CBFF #D6A2FF #FFD6A2 #CBFFA2

Tints

Mixing #A2CBFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B5D5FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #ECF5FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#A2CBFF #B5D5FF #C7E0FF #DAEAFF #ECF5FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A2CBFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #82A2CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #202933, the mixture is 80% black.

#A2CBFF #82A2CC #617A99 #415166 #202933 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A2CBFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9BBCE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #878F99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A2CBFF #9BBCE6 #94ADCC #8E9EB3 #878F99 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A2CBFF

RGB

rgb(162 203 255)

HSL

hsl(213.548 100.000% 81.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A2CBFF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A2CBFF uses 162 red, 203 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 63.5%

Green 79.6%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A2CBFF is 36.5% cyan, 20.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 36.5%

Magenta 20.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AACCFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ACF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A2CBFF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AACCFF Nearest web-safe: #99CCFF

Gradient to complement

#A2CBFF #B2CDF0 #C1CFE0 #D1D1D1 #E0D2C1 #F0D4B2 #FFD6A2

Color vision previews

Compare how #A2CBFF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#B8CDFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#ADC4FE

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#84D6DC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B0CBFF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ABC7FF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9DCEF3

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C8C8C8

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B6C9E6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.36131 G 0.59720 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.66757 G 0.79141 B 0.98217

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.40319 G 0.58937 B 0.95993

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.253 y 0.268 Y 57.612

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 36.471 M % 20.392 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100010 11001011 11111111