What color is #A9C8C6?

#A9C8C6 is a light, grayish cyan, closest to the named color Wild Life. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #A9C8C6?

The RGB value is 169, 200, 198: 169 red, 200 green and 198 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #A9C8C6?

The complementary color is #C8A9AB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #A9C8C6?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.76:1 and white text 1.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#A9C8C6 color

#A9C8C6 rgb(169, 200, 198)

Shades of gray

The hex color #A9C8C6 is a light, grayish cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 66.3% red, 78.4% green and 77.6% blue (169, 200, 198).

Its hue angle is 176°, with 22% saturation and 72% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 22% black.

The closest named color is Wild Life (#A5C1C0), a difference of 1.9 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.76:1).

#A9C8C6 color codes

HEX	`#A9C8C6`
RGB	`rgb(169, 200, 198)`
RGB percent	`rgb(66.3%, 78.4%, 77.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(176, 22%, 72%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(176, 16%, 78%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(16%, 0%, 1%, 22%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(78.36, -10.74, -2.48)`
CIE LCH	`lch(78.36, 11.02, 192.98)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(47.207, 53.82, 61.316)`
Decimal	`11126982`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #A9C8C6, 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 #A9C8C6	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.76:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#A9C8C6 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.76:1	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 #A9C8C6 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #a9c8c6; }
.text { color: #a9c8c6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9c8c6; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(169 200 198 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #a9c8c6, #a9bac8); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Ash Gray.

Questions

What color is #A9C8C6?: #A9C8C6 is a light, grayish cyan, closest to the named color Wild Life. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #A9C8C6?: The RGB value is 169, 200, 198: 169 red, 200 green and 198 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #A9C8C6?: The complementary color is #C8A9AB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #A9C8C6?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.76:1 and white text 1.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.