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Recognised as Colour

#A5C6CC

  • #A5C6CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A5C6CC is a cyan with RGB values 165, 198, 204 and HSL 189°, 28%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A5C6CC#A5C6CC
HEX#A5C6CC
RGBrgb(165, 198, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.7765, 0.8
RGB percentages64.7%, 77.6%, 80%
HSLhsl(189.2, 27.7%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 19.1%, 80%)
CMYK19.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,864,332
CSS custom property--colour: #A5C6CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.55:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#5A3933

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C3CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BECCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9AC9C8no 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 text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.8Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Silver · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12Light grey · ΔE 13.6Dark grey · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCABA5
Analogous#A5CCBF, #A5B3CC
Triadic#CCA5C6, #C6CCA5
Split complementary#CCA5B3, #CCBFA5
Tetradic#BFA5CC, #CCABA5, #B3CCA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EFF1
Lighter +10%#C6DBDE
Darker −10%#84B1BA
Darker −20%#649DA7
Darker −30%#4E818A
Darker −40%#3C6269
More saturated +25%#93D2DE
Less saturated −25%#B7BABA

Channel breakdown

R165
G198
B204
Red165 (64.7%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue189.23°
Saturation (HSL)27.66%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G C6 · B CC

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