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Recognised as Colour

#A6E3FF

  • #A6E3FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#A6E3FF is a cyan with RGB values 166, 227, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#A6E3FF#A6E3FF
HEX#A6E3FF
RGBrgb(166, 227, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.8902, 1
RGB percentages65.1%, 89%, 100%
HSLhsl(198.9, 100%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 34.9%, 100%)
CMYK34.9%, 11%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,937,343
CSS custom property--colour: #A6E3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.05:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#591C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D6FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#87EBECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 9.1Light skyblue · ΔE 11.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC2A6
Analogous#A6FFEF, #A6B6FF
Triadic#FFA6E3, #E3FFA6
Split complementary#FFA6B6, #FFEFA6
Tetradic#EFA6FF, #FFC2A6, #B6FFA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9F3FF
Darker −10%#73D3FF
Darker −20%#40C3FF
Darker −30%#0DB3FF
Darker −40%#0095D9
More saturated +25%#A6E3FF
Less saturated −25%#B1DFF4

Channel breakdown

R166
G227
B255
Red166 (65.1%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G E3 · B FF

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