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Recognised as Colour

#A0F2FF

  • #A0F2FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A0F2FF is a cyan with RGB values 160, 242, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A0F2FF#A0F2FF
HEX#A0F2FF
RGBrgb(160, 242, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.949, 1
RGB percentages62.7%, 94.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.2, 100%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 37.3%, 100%)
CMYK37.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,547,967
CSS custom property--colour: #A0F2FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.64:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#5F0D00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5ECFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5E0FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7AF9F6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.1Powder blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Light cyan · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFADA0
Analogous#A0FFDD, #A0C3FF
Triadic#FFA0F2, #F2FFA0
Split complementary#FFA0C3, #FFDDA0
Tetradic#DDA0FF, #FFADA0, #C3FFA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D3F9FF
Darker −10%#6DEBFF
Darker −20%#3AE4FF
Darker −30%#07DDFF
Darker −40%#00B6D3
More saturated +25%#A0F2FF
Less saturated −25%#ACE9F3

Channel breakdown

R160
G242
B255
Red160 (62.7%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G F2 · B FF

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