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Recognised as Colour

#A0C3CE

  • #A0C3CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A0C3CE is a cyan with RGB values 160, 195, 206 and HSL 194°, 32%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A0C3CE#A0C3CE
HEX#A0C3CE
RGBrgb(160, 195, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7647, 0.8078
RGB percentages62.7%, 76.5%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(194.3, 31.9%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 22.3%, 80.8%)
CMYK22.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,535,886
CSS custom property--colour: #A0C3CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.19:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#5F3C31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC1CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BBCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#92C7C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.6Light steelblue · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 10.7Silver · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Dark grey · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEABA0
Analogous#A0CEC2, #A0ACCE
Triadic#CEA0C3, #C3CEA0
Split complementary#CEA0AC, #CEC2A0
Tetradic#C2A0CE, #CEABA0, #ACCEA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EEF1
Lighter +10%#C2D8DF
Darker −10%#7EAEBD
Darker −20%#5D99AB
Darker −30%#487C8D
Darker −40%#375F6B
More saturated +25%#8ECCE0
Less saturated −25%#B2BABC

Channel breakdown

R160
G195
B206
Red160 (62.7%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue194.35°
Saturation (HSL)31.94%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G C3 · B CE

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