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Recognised as Colour

#A5C5CB

  • #A5C5CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A5C5CB is a cyan with RGB values 165, 197, 203 and HSL 189°, 27%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A5C5CB#A5C5CB
HEX#A5C5CB
RGBrgb(165, 197, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.7725, 0.7961
RGB percentages64.7%, 77.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(189.5, 26.8%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 18.7%, 79.6%)
CMYK18.7%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,864,075
CSS custom property--colour: #A5C5CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.45:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#5A3A34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC2CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BDCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9AC8C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.2Powder blue · ΔE 10Silver · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Light grey · ΔE 13.5Dark grey · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBABA5
Analogous#A5CBBE, #A5B2CB
Triadic#CBA5C5, #C5CBA5
Split complementary#CBA5B2, #CBBEA5
Tetradic#BEA5CB, #CBABA5, #B2CBA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EFF0
Lighter +10%#C5DADE
Darker −10%#85B0B8
Darker −20%#649BA6
Darker −30%#4F7F88
Darker −40%#3C6168
More saturated +25%#93D1DD
Less saturated −25%#B7B9B9

Channel breakdown

R165
G197
B203
Red165 (64.7%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue189.47°
Saturation (HSL)26.76%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G C5 · B CB

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