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Recognised as Colour

#A5F8EF

  • #A5F8EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A5F8EF is a cyan with RGB values 165, 248, 239 and HSL 173°, 86%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A5F8EF#A5F8EF
HEX#A5F8EF
RGBrgb(165, 248, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.9725, 0.9373
RGB percentages64.7%, 97.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(173.5, 85.6%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 33.5%, 97.3%)
CMYK33.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,877,167
CSS custom property--colour: #A5F8EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.27:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#5A0710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0EFEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E4F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#88FCF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.2Powder blue · ΔE 15Light cyan · ΔE 18Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1Light blue · ΔE 19.8Turquoise · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8A5AE
Analogous#A5F8C6, #A5D8F8
Triadic#EFA5F8, #F8EFA5
Split complementary#F8A5D8, #F8C6A5
Tetradic#C5A5F8, #F8A5AE, #D8F8A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D4FCF7
Darker −10%#76F4E7
Darker −20%#46F1DE
Darker −30%#17EDD6
Darker −40%#0FC2AF
More saturated +25%#9EFFF4
Less saturated −25%#B1ECE6

Channel breakdown

R165
G248
B239
Red165 (64.7%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue173.49°
Saturation (HSL)85.57%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A5 · G F8 · B EF

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