Information about #A8D8FA color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A8D8FA reads as a pure, full-strength steel-blue azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Veritas Blue (#A4DEF8). Slightly further away sit Uranian Blue (#AFDBF5) and Very Light Cornflower Blue (#9EDBFF).
In RGB terms — rgb(168, 216, 250) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 13.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A8D8FA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A8D8FA color variations
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#A8D8FA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A8D8FA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A8D8FA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A8D8FA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A8D8FA color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A8D8FA color
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Nearest named colors to #A8D8FA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A4DEF8
#AFDBF5
#9EDBFF
#A4DDED
#B3CEFF
#ABCDEF
#A6E7FF
#AFDCEC
#B4D9EF
#A0E6FF
#A5CEEC
#AEE4EE
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A8D8FA
- RGB168, 216, 250
- CMYK32, 13, 0, 2
- CSSrgb(168, 216, 250)
- HSL205°, 89%, 82%
- HSL Precise204.878°, 89.13%, 81.961%
- HSV205°, 33%, 98%
- HSB205°, 33%, 98%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.847
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.980
- GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.847, 0.980)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.847, 0.980, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.847, 0.980)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB84.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB98%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA8D8FA
- DECIMAL ID11065594
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
