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Recognised as Colour

#A3C8BC

  • #A3C8BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A3C8BC is a cyan with RGB values 163, 200, 188 and HSL 161°, 25%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A3C8BC#A3C8BC
HEX#A3C8BC
RGBrgb(163, 200, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.7843, 0.7373
RGB percentages63.9%, 78.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(160.5, 25.2%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.5, 18.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK18.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,733,756
CSS custom property--colour: #A3C8BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.55:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#5C3743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C3BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEBEBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9BC9C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 13Silver · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 15.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.7Light grey · ΔE 16.3Dark grey · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 13.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8A3AF
Analogous#A3C8AA, #A3C1C8
Triadic#BCA3C8, #C8BCA3
Split complementary#C8A3C1, #C8AAA3
Tetradic#AAA3C8, #C8A3AF, #C1C8A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EEEA
Lighter +10%#C3DBD3
Darker −10%#83B5A5
Darker −20%#63A28E
Darker −30%#4F8372
Darker −40%#3B6457
More saturated +25%#91DAC2
Less saturated −25%#B5B6B6

Channel breakdown

R163
G200
B188
Red163 (63.9%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue160.54°
Saturation (HSL)25.17%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A3 · G C8 · B BC

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