Colour

#A6DCD5

#A6DCD5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A6DCD5 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 220, 213 and HSL 172°, 44%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#A6DCD5

RGBrgb(166, 220, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.8627, 0.8353

RGB percentages65.1%, 86.3%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(172.2, 43.5%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 24.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK24.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,935,509

CSS custom property--colour: #A6DCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.82:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#59232A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6D6D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCCED6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Tritanopia#96DFDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.4 Powder blue · ΔE 7.7 Light blue · ΔE 12.1 Light cyan · ΔE 16.4 Light grey · ΔE 18.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCA6AD

Analogous#A6DCBA, #A6C8DC

Triadic#D5A6DC, #DCD5A6

Split complementary#DCA6C8, #DCBAA6

Tetradic#BAA6DC, #DCA6AD, #C8DCA6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFF9F8

Lighter +10%#CBEAE6

Darker −10%#81CEC4

Darker −20%#5DBFB2

Darker −30%#42A79A

Darker −40%#338378

More saturated +25%#97ECE0

Less saturated −25%#B6CDCA

Channel breakdown

R166

G220

B213

Red166 (65.1%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue172.22°

Saturation (HSL)43.55%

Lightness75.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A6 · G DC · B D5

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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