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#A0B8FF Light Sky Blue

The nearest named color to #A0B8FF is Light Sky Blue (#87CEFA).

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#A0B8FF

Light Sky Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #A0B8FF?

HEX
#A0B8FF
RGB
rgb(160, 184, 255)
HSL
hsl(225, 100%, 81%)
OKLCH
oklch(79.1% 0.105 270)
CMYK
37, 28, 0, 0

#A0B8FF has a contrast ratio of 1.95:1 against white and 10.79:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #A0B8FF
#A0B8FF
Same color
White
1.9Fail
Near-black
9.0AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #A0B8FF · 9.0:1

Tints and shades of #A0B8FF

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #F1F5FF
  2. #C5D4FF
  3. #A0B8FF
  4. #7F95DA
  5. #6378BA
  6. #495C9B
  7. #30407D
  8. #192660
  9. #070A44

Colors that go with #A0B8FF

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Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Light Sky Blue, #A0B8FF and Baby Blue, #77DDFF; Periwinkle, #D1C2FF and Baby Blue, #77DDFF; Baby Blue, #77DDFF and Pale Lavender, #F0C2FF; Pale Lavender, #F0C2FF and Aquamarine, #4EFFD2 become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

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:root {
  --light-sky-blue-1: #A0B8FF; /* Light Sky Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #A0B8FF

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Palettes (11)

Gradients (3)

Mesh gradients (4)