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Recognised as Colour

#A6D2E0

  • #A6D2E0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A6D2E0 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 210, 224 and HSL 194°, 48%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A6D2E0#A6D2E0
HEX#A6D2E0
RGBrgb(166, 210, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.8235, 0.8784
RGB percentages65.1%, 82.4%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(194.5, 48.3%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 25.9%, 87.8%)
CMYK25.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,932,960
CSS custom property--colour: #A6D2E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#592D1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CFE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C8E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#94D7D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.2Powder blue · ΔE 6.5Sky blue · ΔE 10.6Light steelblue · ΔE 11Pale turquoise · ΔE 13Light grey · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.23, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0B4A6
Analogous#A6E0D1, #A6B5E0
Triadic#E0A6D2, #D2E0A6
Split complementary#E0A6B5, #E0D1A6
Tetradic#D1A6E0, #E0B4A6, #B5E0A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F8FA
Lighter +10%#CCE5ED
Darker −10%#80BFD3
Darker −20%#5AACC6
Darker −30%#3D94B0
Darker −40%#30748A
More saturated +25%#97DAEF
Less saturated −25%#B5CAD1

Channel breakdown

R166
G210
B224
Red166 (65.1%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue194.48°
Saturation (HSL)48.33%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G D2 · B E0

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