Recognised as Colour

#A4D4E7

#A4D4E7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#A4D4E7 is a cyan with RGB values 164, 212, 231 and HSL 197°, 58%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

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HEX#A4D4E7

RGBrgb(164, 212, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.8314, 0.9059

RGB percentages64.3%, 83.1%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(197, 58.3%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197, 29%, 90.6%)

CMYK29%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,802,407

CSS custom property--colour: #A4D4E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#5B2B18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9D1E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFC9E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original

Tritanopia#8FDADAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.3 Powder blue · ΔE 8 Sky blue · ΔE 8.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.34, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E7B7A4

Analogous#A4E7D8, #A4B3E7

Triadic#E7A4D4, #D4E7A4

Split complementary#E7A4B3, #E7D8A4

Tetradic#D8A4E7, #E7B7A4, #B3E7A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5FAFC

Lighter +10%#CCE7F2

Darker −10%#7CC1DC

Darker −20%#53AED2

Darker −30%#3398BF

Darker −40%#287897

More saturated +25%#96DAF5

Less saturated −25%#B2CED9

Channel breakdown

R164

G212

B231

Red164 (64.3%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue197.01°

Saturation (HSL)58.26%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G D4 · B E7

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