Colour

#A6C7D4

#A6C7D4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#A6C7D4 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 199, 212 and HSL 197°, 35%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A6C7D4#A6C7D4

HEX#A6C7D4

RGBrgb(166, 199, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7804, 0.8314

RGB percentages65.1%, 78%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(197, 34.8%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197, 21.7%, 83.1%)

CMYK21.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,930,132

CSS custom property--colour: #A6C7D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#59382B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0C5D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BFD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#99CBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 8.6 Powder blue · ΔE 10.1 Sky blue · ΔE 13 Silver · ΔE 13 Light grey · ΔE 14.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.3, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D4B3A6

Analogous#A6D4CA, #A6B0D4

Triadic#D4A6C7, #C7D4A6

Split complementary#D4A6B0, #D4CAA6

Tetradic#CAA6D4, #D4B3A6, #B0D4A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBF2F5

Lighter +10%#C8DDE5

Darker −10%#84B1C3

Darker −20%#619CB3

Darker −30%#498298

Darker −40%#396475

More saturated +25%#96CEE5

Less saturated −25%#B7C0C4

Channel breakdown

R166

G199

B212

Red166 (65.1%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue196.96°

Saturation (HSL)34.85%

Lightness74.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G C7 · B D4

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Colour values

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