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Recognised as Colour

#A3DFEE

  • #A3DFEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A3DFEE is a cyan with RGB values 163, 223, 238 and HSL 192°, 69%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A3DFEE#A3DFEE
HEX#A3DFEE
RGBrgb(163, 223, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.8745, 0.9333
RGB percentages63.9%, 87.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(192, 68.8%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 31.5%, 93.3%)
CMYK31.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,739,694
CSS custom property--colour: #A3DFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.35:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#5C2011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DBEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D1EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#89E5E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.2Powder blue · ΔE 5.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.4Sky blue · ΔE 10Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB2A3
Analogous#A3EED8, #A3B9EE
Triadic#EEA3DF, #DFEEA3
Split complementary#EEA3B9, #EED8A3
Tetradic#D8A3EE, #EEB2A3, #BAEEA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FDFE
Lighter +10%#CEEEF6
Darker −10%#78D0E6
Darker −20%#4DC1DE
Darker −30%#27AFD1
Darker −40%#1F8BA6
More saturated +25%#95E7FC
Less saturated −25%#B1D7E0

Channel breakdown

R163
G223
B238
Red163 (63.9%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)68.81%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G DF · B EE

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