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Recognised as Colour

#A2E9DF

  • #A2E9DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A2E9DF is a cyan with RGB values 162, 233, 223 and HSL 172°, 62%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A2E9DF#A2E9DF
HEX#A2E9DF
RGBrgb(162, 233, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.9137, 0.8745
RGB percentages63.5%, 91.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(171.5, 61.7%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 30.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK30.5%, 0%, 4.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,676,703
CSS custom property--colour: #A2E9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.26:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#5D1620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E1DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D8E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8BECE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 16.6Light cyan · ΔE 17.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Turquoise · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9A2AC
Analogous#A2E9BC, #A2CFE9
Triadic#DFA2E9, #E9DFA2
Split complementary#E9A2CF, #E9BCA2
Tetradic#BCA2E9, #E9A2AC, #CFE9A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4FDFB
Lighter +10%#CBF3ED
Darker −10%#79DFD1
Darker −20%#50D5C3
Darker −30%#2EC4AF
Darker −40%#259A8A
More saturated +25%#94F7E9
Less saturated −25%#B0DBD5

Channel breakdown

R162
G233
B223
Red162 (63.5%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue171.55°
Saturation (HSL)61.74%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A2 · G E9 · B DF

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