Information about Opal color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A8C3BC presents itself as a softly toned minty spring green — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Rivendell (#A9BDB6). Slightly further away sit Enigma green (#AEC5B3) and Chi (#9FBFC2).
In RGB terms — rgb(168, 195, 188) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 11.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. The name "Opal" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Opal color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Opal color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Opal color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Opal color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Opal color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Opal 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 Opal color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Opal
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#A9BDB6
#AEC5B3
#9FBFC2
#B0BBC0
#A6BBB3
#AAB7BB
#ACC9B2
#ADBAB5
#B2BEB5
#AEB7C0
#A8CBB0
#B3BBB7
Opal color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A8C3BC
- RGB168, 195, 188
- CMYK11, 0, 3, 24
- CSSrgb(168, 195, 188)
- HSL164°, 18%, 71%
- HSL Precise164.444°, 18.367%, 71.176%
- HSV164°, 14%, 76%
- HSB164°, 14%, 76%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.765
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.737
- GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.765, 0.737)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.765, 0.737, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.765, 0.737)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB76.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB73.7%
- Color FamilySpring Green
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA8C3BC
- DECIMAL ID11060156
- Name Length4
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