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Hex #a8cae7

#a8cae7 is a great light blue shade for your next project. Scroll down for #a8cae7 color information, color shades and color usage information.

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#a8cae7 Conversion table

Category	blue (light blue)
HEX	#a8cae7 copy to clipboard
RGB	R 168 G 202 B 231 RGB (168, 202, 231) copy to clipboard
HSL	H 207.62 S 0.57 L 0.78
CMYK	C 25% M 11% Y 0% K 9%
Usage of blue	The color #a8cae7 is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ...

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#a8cae7 Conversion and Usage

Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.

#a8cae7 to RGB conversion

Red	168	168% RED
Green	202	202% GREEN
Blue	231	231% BLUE

CSS code: color: rgb(168, 202, 231); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(168, 202, 231); // for css background-color

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#a8cae7 to CMYK conversion

Cyan	Magenta	Yellow	Black
24.71 %	11.37 %	0 %	9.41 %

#a8cae7 to HSL conversion

Hue	Saturation	Lightness
207.619	0.57	0.78

CSS code: color: hsl(207.6, 57%, 78%);

HSL is supported in all major browsers!

Usage of #a8cae7

Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.

Usage for Text:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage for headings:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage as fill color:	recommended
Usage for buttons:	watch out for enough contrast

As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #a8cae7

Tints and Shades of #a8cae7

Tints of #a8cae7		Shades of #a8cae7
	The actual color		The actual color
	5% lighter		5% darker
	10% lighter		10% darker
	15% lighter		15% darker

Color Examples: This is a blue Heading in #a8cae7

This shows how text with the hex-color #a8cae7 would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!

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Blue Color Scheme based on #a8cae7

Primary
#a8cae7 (already open)

Secondary
#e7c5a8

Tertiary
#ffffff

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Complementary Color: #e7c5a8

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Blue Webdesign Color Scheme based on #a8cae7

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