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Recognised as Colour

#A3C3CA

  • #A3C3CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A3C3CA is a cyan with RGB values 163, 195, 202 and HSL 191°, 27%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A3C3CA#A3C3CA
HEX#A3C3CA
RGBrgb(163, 195, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.7647, 0.7922
RGB percentages63.9%, 76.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(190.8, 26.9%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 19.3%, 79.2%)
CMYK19.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,732,490
CSS custom property--colour: #A3C3CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.22:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#5C3C35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC0CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BBCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#98C6C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Silver · ΔE 11.6Dark grey · ΔE 13.8Light grey · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAAAA3
Analogous#A3CABD, #A3B0CA
Triadic#CAA3C3, #C3CAA3
Split complementary#CAA3B0, #CABDA3
Tetradic#BDA3CA, #CAAAA3, #B0CAA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EDEF
Lighter +10%#C3D8DD
Darker −10%#83AEB7
Darker −20%#6299A5
Darker −30%#4D7C87
Darker −40%#3B5E66
More saturated +25%#91CFDC
Less saturated −25%#B5B7B8

Channel breakdown

R163
G195
B202
Red163 (63.9%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue190.77°
Saturation (HSL)26.9%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G C3 · B CA

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