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#a2fada

a light, electric green · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

RGB
162, 250, 218
HSL
158°, 90%, 81%
CMYK
35, 0, 13, 2
Luminance
0.8111

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #a2fada is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#a2fada
Hue
158°
green
Saturation
90%
electric
Lightness
81%
light
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8111
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
78/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.22:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 4.5
Where it sits
Hue158° of 360°
Saturation90%
Lightness81%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool78% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#a2fada
RGBrgb(162, 250, 218)
HSLhsl(158, 90%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(35%, 0%, 13%, 2%)
LABlab(92.2 -33.3 7.0)
LCHlch(92.2 34.0 168.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.920 0.096 169.2)
Decimal10681050
Display P3color(display-p3 0.635 0.980 0.855)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #a2fada;
background-color: #a2fada;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#a2fada] bg-[#a2fada]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #a2fada;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.635, green: 0.980, blue: 0.855)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#a2fada")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFA2FADA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(218, 250, 162)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #a2fada · 17.22:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.22:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.22:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #a2fada as text scores 1.22:1 on white and 17.22:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#a2fada on white: 1.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#a2fada on black: 17.22:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #F6EFD8
deuteranopia · #E7E4DC
tritanopia · #8AFBF1

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #a2fada is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2FDF9
#E5FBF3
#C3F8E5
#a2fada
#5FF6C0
#2AF4AA
#0CE898
#0AC27F
#089B66
#0B704B
#07462F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F2FDF9Darkest = 950 · #07462F
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2FDF9;
  --brand-100: #E5FBF3;
  --brand-200: #C3F8E5;
  --brand-300: #a2fada;
  --brand-400: #5FF6C0;
  --brand-500: #2AF4AA;
  --brand-600: #0CE898;
  --brand-700: #0AC27F;
  --brand-800: #089B66;
  --brand-900: #0B704B;
  --brand-950: #07462F;
  --brand: #a2fada;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #a2fada

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B7E
Captions on the surface
Accent#C6067B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#07794F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7FEF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241E
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #a2fada

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FAA2C2
Analogous left#A2FAAE
Analogous right#A2EEFA
Split-complement 1#FAA2EE
Split-complement 2#FAAEA2
Triadic 1#DAA2FA
Triadic 2#FADAA2
Tetradic#AEA2FA

RGB percentages

Red63.5%
Green98.0%
Blue85.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan35.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow12.8%
Key (black)2.0%

Color previews

#a2fada text on a black background

contrast 17.22:1

Card sample

#a2fada text on a white background

contrast 1.22:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #a2fada;
Background color
Panel with #a2fada background
background-color: #a2fada;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #a2fada;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(162, 250, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(162, 250, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #a2fada;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2fada, #A2DFFA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #a2fada

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#a2fada in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#a2fada, answered

What color is #a2fada?

#a2fada is a light electric green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 4.5). It sits at 158° on the hue wheel with 90% saturation and 81% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #a2fada?

rgb(162, 250, 218) — 162 red, 250 green and 218 blue out of 255, or 63.5% / 98% / 85.5% by channel.

Is #a2fada a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8111 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 17.22:1.

Should I use black or white text on #a2fada?

Black. It scores 17.22:1 against #a2fada, versus 1.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #a2fada?

#FAA2C2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FAA2EE and #FAAEA2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #a2fada?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDC for borders, #4B9B7E for secondary text, #C6067B as an accent and #07794F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A2FAAE and #A2EEFA stays calm, while #FAA2C2 is the loudest partner.

What is #a2fada in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(35%, 0%, 13%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #a2fada warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 78 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A2FABA; nudged cooler, #A1FBFB.

Work with #a2fada in the Color Lab