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Recognised as Colour

#A6DCE1

  • #A6DCE1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A6DCE1 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 220, 225 and HSL 185°, 50%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A6DCE1#A6DCE1
HEX#A6DCE1
RGBrgb(166, 220, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.8627, 0.8824
RGB percentages65.1%, 86.3%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(185.1, 49.6%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.1, 26.2%, 88.2%)
CMYK26.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,935,521
CSS custom property--colour: #A6DCE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.95:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#59231E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D7E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CFE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#92E0DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 2.7Light blue · ΔE 6.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Light cyan · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 2.69, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1ABA6
Analogous#A6E1C9, #A6BEE1
Triadic#E1A6DC, #DCE1A6
Split complementary#E1A6BE, #E1C8A6
Tetradic#C9A6E1, #E1ABA6, #BEE1A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2FAFB
Lighter +10%#CCEBEE
Darker −10%#80CDD4
Darker −20%#5ABEC7
Darker −30%#3CA8B2
Darker −40%#2F848C
More saturated +25%#97E8F0
Less saturated −25%#B5D0D2

Channel breakdown

R166
G220
B225
Red166 (65.1%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue185.08°
Saturation (HSL)49.58%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G DC · B E1

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