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Recognised as Colour

#A6C2BD

  • #A6C2BD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#A6C2BD is a cyan with RGB values 166, 194, 189 and HSL 169°, 19%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#A6C2BD#A6C2BD
HEX#A6C2BD
RGBrgb(166, 194, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7608, 0.7412
RGB percentages65.1%, 76.1%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(169.3, 18.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.3, 14.4%, 76.1%)
CMYK14.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,928,829
CSS custom property--colour: #A6C2BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#593D42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFBFBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABABDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#9FC3C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 10.5Dark grey · ΔE 12.6Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 13.3Gainsboro · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 10.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2A6AB
Analogous#A6C2AF, #A6B9C2
Triadic#BDA6C2, #C2BDA6
Split complementary#C2A6B9, #C2AFA6
Tetradic#AFA6C2, #C2A6AB, #B9C2A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EBEA
Lighter +10%#C4D7D3
Darker −10%#88ADA7
Darker −20%#699990
Darker −30%#547B74
Darker −40%#3F5D57
More saturated +25%#93D5C9
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R166
G194
B189
Red166 (65.1%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue169.29°
Saturation (HSL)18.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G C2 · B BD

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