Colour

#A6C3C8

#A6C3C8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#A6C3C8 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 195, 200 and HSL 189°, 24%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A6C3C8#A6C3C8

HEX#A6C3C8

RGBrgb(166, 195, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7647, 0.7843

RGB percentages65.1%, 76.5%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(188.8, 23.6%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.8, 17%, 78.4%)

CMYK17%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,929,096

CSS custom property--colour: #A6C3C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#593C37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEC0C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BCC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9CC6C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.3 Silver · ΔE 10.5 Powder blue · ΔE 11 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1 Dark grey · ΔE 12.9 Light grey · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C8ABA6

Analogous#A6C8BC, #A6B2C8

Triadic#C8A6C3, #C3C8A6

Split complementary#C8A6B2, #C8BCA6

Tetradic#BCA6C8, #C8ABA6, #B2C8A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E5EDEF

Lighter +10%#C6D8DB

Darker −10%#86AEB5

Darker −20%#6798A1

Darker −30%#517C84

Darker −40%#3E5E64

More saturated +25%#94D0DA

Less saturated −25%#B7B7B7

Channel breakdown

R166

G195

B200

Red166 (65.1%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue188.82°

Saturation (HSL)23.61%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G C3 · B C8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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