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Recognised as Colour

#A2DAEC

  • #A2DAEC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A2DAEC is a cyan with RGB values 162, 218, 236 and HSL 195°, 66%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A2DAEC#A2DAEC
HEX#A2DAEC
RGBrgb(162, 218, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.8549, 0.9255
RGB percentages63.5%, 85.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(194.6, 66.1%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 31.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK31.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,672,876
CSS custom property--colour: #A2DAEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.78:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#5D2513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD6EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CDECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#89E0DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.2Powder blue · ΔE 7Sky blue · ΔE 8.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.18, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECB4A2
Analogous#A2ECD9, #A2B5EC
Triadic#ECA2DA, #DAECA2
Split complementary#ECA2B5, #ECD9A2
Tetradic#D9A2EC, #ECB4A2, #B5ECA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7FCFD
Lighter +10%#CCEBF5
Darker −10%#78C9E3
Darker −20%#4DB8DB
Darker −30%#2AA4CB
Darker −40%#2182A1
More saturated +25%#94E1FA
Less saturated −25%#B0D3DE

Channel breakdown

R162
G218
B236
Red162 (63.5%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue194.59°
Saturation (HSL)66.07%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G DA · B EC

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