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Recognised as Colour

#A5D9E6

  • #A5D9E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A5D9E6 is a cyan with RGB values 165, 217, 230 and HSL 192°, 57%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A5D9E6#A5D9E6
HEX#A5D9E6
RGBrgb(165, 217, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.851, 0.902
RGB percentages64.7%, 85.1%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(192, 56.5%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 28.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK28.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,869,222
CSS custom property--colour: #A5D9E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.67:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#5A2619

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD5E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CDE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#90DEDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.9Powder blue · ΔE 4.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Light cyan · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.86, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6B2A5
Analogous#A5E6D3, #A5B9E6
Triadic#E6A5D9, #D9E6A5
Split complementary#E6A5B9, #E6D3A5
Tetradic#D3A5E6, #E6B2A5, #B9E6A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FBFC
Lighter +10%#CDEAF1
Darker −10%#7DC8DB
Darker −20%#55B7D0
Darker −30%#35A2BD
Darker −40%#2A8095
More saturated +25%#97E2F4
Less saturated −25%#B3D0D8

Channel breakdown

R165
G217
B230
Red165 (64.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G D9 · B E6

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