Recognised as Colour
#A5E6CB
- #A5E6CB
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#A5E6CB is a cyan with RGB values 165, 230, 203 and HSL 155°, 57%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.
Colour values
#A5E6CB#A5E6CB
HEX#A5E6CB
RGBrgb(165, 230, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.902, 0.7961
RGB percentages64.7%, 90.2%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(155.1, 56.5%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.1, 28.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK28.3%, 0%, 11.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,872,523
CSS custom property--colour: #A5E6CB;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.68905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.78:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#5A1934
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E6A5C0
Analogous#A5E6AB, #A5E1E6
Triadic#CBA5E6, #E6CBA5
Split complementary#E6A5E0, #E6ABA5
Tetradic#ABA5E6, #E6A5C0, #E1E6A5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R165
G230
B203
Red165 (64.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue155.08°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A5 · G E6 · B CB
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