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Recognised as Colour

#A6DDDC

  • #A6DDDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A6DDDC is a cyan with RGB values 166, 221, 220 and HSL 179°, 45%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A6DDDC#A6DDDC
HEX#A6DDDC
RGBrgb(166, 221, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.8667, 0.8627
RGB percentages65.1%, 86.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(178.9, 44.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 24.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK24.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,935,772
CSS custom property--colour: #A6DDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64987WCAG 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 14:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#592223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBCFDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#94E0DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 6Light blue · ΔE 9.3Light cyan · ΔE 15.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.1Light grey · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.84, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDA6A7
Analogous#A6DDC1, #A6C3DD
Triadic#DCA6DD, #DDDCA6
Split complementary#DDA6C3, #DDC0A6
Tetradic#C1A6DD, #DDA6A7, #C3DDA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F9F9
Lighter +10%#CBEBEB
Darker −10%#81CFCD
Darker −20%#5CC1BF
Darker −30%#41A9A7
Darker −40%#338483
More saturated +25%#97ECEB
Less saturated −25%#B5CECD

Channel breakdown

R166
G221
B220
Red166 (65.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue178.91°
Saturation (HSL)44.72%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G DD · B DC

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