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Recognised as Colour

#A3C7CF

  • #A3C7CF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A3C7CF is a cyan with RGB values 163, 199, 207 and HSL 191°, 31%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A3C7CF#A3C7CF
HEX#A3C7CF
RGBrgb(163, 199, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.7804, 0.8118
RGB percentages63.9%, 78%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(190.9, 31.4%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 21.3%, 81.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,733,519
CSS custom property--colour: #A3C7CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#5C3830

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C4D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BECFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#96CBC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.9Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Silver · ΔE 12.9Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Light grey · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFABA3
Analogous#A3CFC1, #A3B1CF
Triadic#CFA3C7, #C7CFA3
Split complementary#CFA3B1, #CFC1A3
Tetradic#C1A3CF, #CFABA3, #B1CFA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F0F2
Lighter +10%#C5DBE0
Darker −10%#81B3BE
Darker −20%#609EAC
Darker −30%#4A828F
Darker −40%#39646D
More saturated +25%#92D2E1
Less saturated −25%#B4BCBD

Channel breakdown

R163
G199
B207
Red163 (63.9%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue190.91°
Saturation (HSL)31.43%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G C7 · B CF

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