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Recognised as Colour

#A7E6ED

  • #A7E6ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A7E6ED is a cyan with RGB values 167, 230, 237 and HSL 186°, 66%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A7E6ED#A7E6ED
HEX#A7E6ED
RGBrgb(167, 230, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.902, 0.9294
RGB percentages65.5%, 90.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(186, 66%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186, 29.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK29.5%, 3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,003,629
CSS custom property--colour: #A7E6ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.18:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#581912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE1EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8FEBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.5Powder blue · ΔE 4.6Light blue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light cyan · ΔE 14.7Azure · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.54, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDAEA7
Analogous#A7EDD1, #A7C3ED
Triadic#EDA7E6, #E6EDA7
Split complementary#EDA7C3, #EDD1A7
Tetradic#D1A7ED, #EDAEA7, #C3EDA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFEFE
Lighter +10%#D1F2F6
Darker −10%#7DDAE4
Darker −20%#52CEDC
Darker −30%#2BC0D0
Darker −40%#2299A6
More saturated +25%#9AF1FA
Less saturated −25%#B4DBE0

Channel breakdown

R167
G230
B237
Red167 (65.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue186°
Saturation (HSL)66.04%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G E6 · B ED

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