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Recognised as Colour

#A4E7DE

  • #A4E7DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A4E7DE is a cyan with RGB values 164, 231, 222 and HSL 172°, 58%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A4E7DE#A4E7DE
HEX#A4E7DE
RGBrgb(164, 231, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.9059, 0.8706
RGB percentages64.3%, 90.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(171.9, 58.3%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.9, 29%, 90.6%)
CMYK29%, 0%, 3.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,807,262
CSS custom property--colour: #A4E7DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#5B1821

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E0DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D7DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8FEAE4no 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 text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.9Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Light blue · ΔE 15.4Light cyan · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8Honeydew · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7A4AD
Analogous#A4E7BD, #A4CFE7
Triadic#DEA4E7, #E7DEA4
Split complementary#E7A4CF, #E7BCA4
Tetradic#BCA4E7, #E7A4AD, #CFE7A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FCFB
Lighter +10%#CCF2ED
Darker −10%#7CDCCF
Darker −20%#53D2C1
Darker −30%#33BFAD
Darker −40%#289788
More saturated +25%#96F5E9
Less saturated −25%#B2D9D3

Channel breakdown

R164
G231
B222
Red164 (64.3%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue171.94°
Saturation (HSL)58.26%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A4 · G E7 · B DE

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