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Recognised as Colour

#A2C7CF

  • #A2C7CF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A2C7CF is a cyan with RGB values 162, 199, 207 and HSL 191°, 32%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A2C7CF#A2C7CF
HEX#A2C7CF
RGBrgb(162, 199, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.7804, 0.8118
RGB percentages63.5%, 78%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(190.7, 31.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.7, 21.7%, 81.2%)
CMYK21.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,667,983
CSS custom property--colour: #A2C7CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#5D3830

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C4D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BECFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#94CBC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.8Powder blue · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Silver · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 14Light grey · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFAAA2
Analogous#A2CFC0, #A2B1CF
Triadic#CFA2C7, #C7CFA2
Split complementary#CFA2B1, #CFC0A2
Tetradic#C0A2CF, #CFAAA2, #B1CFA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F0F2
Lighter +10%#C4DBE0
Darker −10%#80B3BE
Darker −20%#5F9EAC
Darker −30%#4A828E
Darker −40%#38636D
More saturated +25%#90D2E1
Less saturated −25%#B4BCBD

Channel breakdown

R162
G199
B207
Red162 (63.5%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue190.67°
Saturation (HSL)31.91%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G C7 · B CF

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