Recognised as Colour

#A2CED7

#A2CED7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#A2CED7 is a cyan with RGB values 162, 206, 215 and HSL 190°, 40%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A2CED7#A2CED7

HEX#A2CED7

RGBrgb(162, 206, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.8078, 0.8431

RGB percentages63.5%, 80.8%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(190.2, 39.8%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.2, 24.7%, 84.3%)

CMYK24.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,669,783

CSS custom property--colour: #A2CED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.35:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#5D3128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6CBD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC3D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#91D2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 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 text12.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.7 Powder blue · ΔE 6.5 Sky blue · ΔE 12.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7 Silver · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.66, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D7ABA2

Analogous#A2D7C5, #A2B4D7

Triadic#D7A2CE, #CED7A2

Split complementary#D7A2B4, #D7C5A2

Tetradic#C5A2D7, #D7ABA2, #B4D7A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E9F4F6

Lighter +10%#C6E1E6

Darker −10%#7EBBC8

Darker −20%#5BA8B8

Darker −30%#438D9D

Darker −40%#346D79

More saturated +25%#91D9E8

Less saturated −25%#B3C3C6

Channel breakdown

R162

G206

B215

Red162 (63.5%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue190.19°

Saturation (HSL)39.85%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G CE · B D7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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