Recognised as Colour

#A3C0CE

#A3C0CE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#A3C0CE is a cyan with RGB values 163, 192, 206 and HSL 200°, 30%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A3C0CE#A3C0CE

HEX#A3C0CE

RGBrgb(163, 192, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.7529, 0.8078

RGB percentages63.9%, 75.3%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(199.5, 30.5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 20.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK20.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,731,726

CSS custom property--colour: #A3C0CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.99:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#5C3F31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9BECFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2B9CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Tritanopia#97C4C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.7 Light blue · ΔE 8.9 Silver · ΔE 12.4 Powder blue · ΔE 12.7 Sky blue · ΔE 14 Dark grey · ΔE 14

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CEB1A3

Analogous#A3CEC6, #A3ABCE

Triadic#CEA3C0, #C0CEA3

Split complementary#CEA3AB, #CEC6A3

Tetradic#C6A3CE, #CEB1A3, #AACEA3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E6EEF1

Lighter +10%#C4D7E0

Darker −10%#82A9BC

Darker −20%#6092AB

Darker −30%#4B778D

Darker −40%#395B6C

More saturated +25%#91C6E0

Less saturated −25%#B5BABC

Channel breakdown

R163

G192

B206

Red163 (63.9%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue199.53°

Saturation (HSL)30.5%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A3 · G C0 · B CE

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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