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Recognised as Colour

#A4EAFF

  • #A4EAFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A4EAFF is a cyan with RGB values 164, 234, 255 and HSL 194°, 100%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A4EAFF#A4EAFF
HEX#A4EAFF
RGBrgb(164, 234, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.9176, 1
RGB percentages64.3%, 91.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(193.8, 100%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 35.7%, 100%)
CMYK35.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,808,063
CSS custom property--colour: #A4EAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.79:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#5B1500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#82F2F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Light cyan · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB9A4
Analogous#A4FFE6, #A4BDFF
Triadic#FFA4EA, #EAFFA4
Split complementary#FFA4BD, #FFE6A4
Tetradic#E6A4FF, #FFB9A4, #BDFFA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7F6FF
Darker −10%#71DEFF
Darker −20%#3ED2FF
Darker −30%#0BC7FF
Darker −40%#00A5D7
More saturated +25%#A4EAFF
Less saturated −25%#AFE4F4

Channel breakdown

R164
G234
B255
Red164 (64.3%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue193.85°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G EA · B FF

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