What color is #A8C8C3?

#A8C8C3 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Wild Life. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #A8C8C3?

The RGB value is 168, 200, 195: 168 red, 200 green and 195 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #A8C8C3?

The complementary color is #C8A8AD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #A8C8C3?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 and white text 1.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#A8C8C3 color

#A8C8C3 rgb(168, 200, 195)

Shades of gray

The hex color #A8C8C3 is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 65.9% red, 78.4% green and 76.5% blue (168, 200, 195).

Its hue angle is 171°, with 23% saturation and 72% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 22% black.

The closest named color is Wild Life (#A5C1C0), a difference of 2.8 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.71:1).

#A8C8C3 color codes

HEX	`#A8C8C3`
RGB	`rgb(168, 200, 195)`
RGB percent	`rgb(65.9%, 78.4%, 76.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(171, 23%, 72%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(171, 16%, 78%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(16%, 0%, 3%, 22%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(78.21, -11.68, -1.08)`
CIE LCH	`lch(78.21, 11.73, 185.28)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(46.65, 53.572, 59.502)`
Decimal	`11061443`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #A8C8C3, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #A8C8C3	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.71:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#A8C8C3 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.71:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #A8C8C3 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #a8c8c3; }
.text { color: #a8c8c3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a8c8c3; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(168 200 195 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #a8c8c3, #a8bdc8); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #A8C8C3?: #A8C8C3 is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Wild Life. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #A8C8C3?: The RGB value is 168, 200, 195: 168 red, 200 green and 195 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #A8C8C3?: The complementary color is #C8A8AD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #A8C8C3?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 and white text 1.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.