Recognised as Colour

#A5DDDE

#A5DDDE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#A5DDDE is a cyan with RGB values 165, 221, 222 and HSL 181°, 46%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A5DDDE#A5DDDE

HEX#A5DDDE

RGBrgb(165, 221, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.8667, 0.8706

RGB percentages64.7%, 86.7%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(181.1, 46.3%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 25.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK25.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,870,238

CSS custom property--colour: #A5DDDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#5A2221

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D8DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBCFDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Tritanopia#92E1DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 6 Light blue · ΔE 8.5 Light cyan · ΔE 15.7 Sky blue · ΔE 16.1 Light grey · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.2, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DEA6A5

Analogous#A5DEC3, #A5C0DE

Triadic#DEA5DD, #DDDEA5

Split complementary#DEA5C0, #DEC3A5

Tetradic#C3A5DE, #DEA6A5, #C0DEA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0F9F9

Lighter +10%#CAEBEC

Darker −10%#80CFD0

Darker −20%#5AC1C3

Darker −30%#3FA9AB

Darker −40%#318486

More saturated +25%#96ECED

Less saturated −25%#B4CECF

Channel breakdown

R165

G221

B222

Red165 (64.7%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue181.05°

Saturation (HSL)46.34%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A5 · G DD · B DE

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