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Recognised as Colour

#A5D5DB

  • #A5D5DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A5D5DB is a cyan with RGB values 165, 213, 219 and HSL 187°, 43%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A5D5DB#A5D5DB
HEX#A5D5DB
RGBrgb(165, 213, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.8353, 0.8588
RGB percentages64.7%, 83.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(186.7, 42.9%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.7, 24.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK24.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,868,187
CSS custom property--colour: #A5D5DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.14:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#5A2A24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD1DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C9DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#94D9D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 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 text13.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.9Light blue · ΔE 5Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Light grey · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.92, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBABA5
Analogous#A5DBC6, #A5BADB
Triadic#DBA5D5, #D5DBA5
Split complementary#DBA5BA, #DBC6A5
Tetradic#C6A5DB, #DBABA5, #BADBA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF7F8
Lighter +10%#C9E6EA
Darker −10%#81C4CC
Darker −20%#5CB3BE
Darker −30%#429AA5
Darker −40%#337881
More saturated +25%#95E1EB
Less saturated −25%#B5C9CB

Channel breakdown

R165
G213
B219
Red165 (64.7%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue186.67°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G D5 · B DB

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