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Recognised as Colour

#A1CEDD

  • #A1CEDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A1CEDD is a cyan with RGB values 161, 206, 221 and HSL 195°, 47%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A1CEDD#A1CEDD
HEX#A1CEDD
RGBrgb(161, 206, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.8078, 0.8667
RGB percentages63.1%, 80.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(195, 46.9%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 27.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK27.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,604,253
CSS custom property--colour: #A1CEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.39:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#5E3122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CBDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC4DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8ED3D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.8Powder blue · ΔE 7.8Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.77, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDB0A1
Analogous#A1DDCE, #A1B0DD
Triadic#DDA1CE, #CEDDA1
Split complementary#DDA1B0, #DDCEA1
Tetradic#CEA1DD, #DDB0A1, #B0DDA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF5F8
Lighter +10%#C6E2EB
Darker −10%#7CBACF
Darker −20%#56A7C2
Darker −30%#3D8DA8
Darker −40%#2F6E83
More saturated +25%#91D6ED
Less saturated −25%#B1C6CD

Channel breakdown

R161
G206
B221
Red161 (63.1%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)46.88%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G CE · B DD

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