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Recognised as Colour

#A6CEC6

  • #A6CEC6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A6CEC6 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 206, 198 and HSL 168°, 29%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A6CEC6#A6CEC6
HEX#A6CEC6
RGBrgb(166, 206, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.8078, 0.7765
RGB percentages65.1%, 80.8%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(168, 29%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 19.4%, 80.8%)
CMYK19.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,931,910
CSS custom property--colour: #A6CEC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.27:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#593139

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAC9C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C3C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9CD0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 12.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.8Silver · ΔE 14.9Light grey · ΔE 15.5Gainsboro · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEA6AE
Analogous#A6CEB2, #A6C2CE
Triadic#C6A6CE, #CEC6A6
Split complementary#CEA6C2, #CEB2A6
Tetradic#B2A6CE, #CEA6AE, #C2CEA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F2F0
Lighter +10%#C7E0DB
Darker −10%#85BCB1
Darker −20%#64AA9C
Darker −30%#4E8D81
Darker −40%#3C6C63
More saturated +25%#95DFD0
Less saturated −25%#B7BDBC

Channel breakdown

R166
G206
B198
Red166 (65.1%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)28.99%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G CE · B C6

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