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Recognised as Colour

#A5E0F3

  • #A5E0F3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A5E0F3 is a cyan with RGB values 165, 224, 243 and HSL 195°, 76%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A5E0F3#A5E0F3
HEX#A5E0F3
RGBrgb(165, 224, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.8784, 0.9529
RGB percentages64.7%, 87.8%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(194.6, 76.5%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 32.1%, 95.3%)
CMYK32.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,871,027
CSS custom property--colour: #A5E0F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.56:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#5A1F0C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DCF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D3F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8AE7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.5Powder blue · ΔE 7.3Sky blue · ΔE 9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3B8A5
Analogous#A5F3DF, #A5B9F3
Triadic#F3A5E0, #E0F3A5
Split complementary#F3A5B9, #F3DFA5
Tetradic#DFA5F3, #F3B8A5, #B9F3A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D2F0F9
Darker −10%#78D0ED
Darker −20%#4BC1E7
Darker −30%#1EB1E1
Darker −40%#188EB4
More saturated +25%#99E6FF
Less saturated −25%#B2D9E6

Channel breakdown

R165
G224
B243
Red165 (64.7%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue194.62°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G E0 · B F3

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