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Recognised as Colour

#A6CCD4

  • #A6CCD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A6CCD4 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 204, 212 and HSL 190°, 35%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A6CCD4#A6CCD4
HEX#A6CCD4
RGBrgb(166, 204, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.8, 0.8314
RGB percentages65.1%, 80%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(190.4, 34.8%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 21.7%, 83.1%)
CMYK21.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,931,412
CSS custom property--colour: #A6CCD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.21:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#59332B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C9D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC3D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#98D0CEno 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 text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.4Powder blue · ΔE 7.3Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Silver · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4AEA6
Analogous#A6D4C5, #A6B5D4
Triadic#D4A6CC, #CCD4A6
Split complementary#D4A6B5, #D4C5A6
Tetradic#C5A6D4, #D4AEA6, #B5D4A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF3F5
Lighter +10%#C8E0E5
Darker −10%#84B8C3
Darker −20%#61A5B3
Darker −30%#498A98
Darker −40%#396B75
More saturated +25%#96D7E5
Less saturated −25%#B7C1C4

Channel breakdown

R166
G204
B212
Red166 (65.1%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue190.43°
Saturation (HSL)34.85%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G CC · B D4

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