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Recognised as Colour

#A0DCD4

  • #A0DCD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A0DCD4 is a cyan with RGB values 160, 220, 212 and HSL 172°, 46%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A0DCD4#A0DCD4
HEX#A0DCD4
RGBrgb(160, 220, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.8627, 0.8314
RGB percentages62.7%, 86.3%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(172, 46.2%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 27.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK27.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,542,292
CSS custom property--colour: #A0DCD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.68:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#5F232B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D5D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBCDD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8EDFD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.7Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Light blue · ΔE 13.5Light cyan · ΔE 17.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19Sky blue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCA0A8
Analogous#A0DCB6, #A0C6DC
Triadic#D4A0DC, #DCD4A0
Split complementary#DCA0C6, #DCB6A0
Tetradic#B6A0DC, #DCA0A8, #C6DCA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF7F6
Lighter +10%#C5EAE5
Darker −10%#7BCEC3
Darker −20%#55C1B2
Darker −30%#3DA698
Darker −40%#2F8176
More saturated +25%#90ECE0
Less saturated −25%#B0CCC8

Channel breakdown

R160
G220
B212
Red160 (62.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue172°
Saturation (HSL)46.15%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A0 · G DC · B D4

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