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Recognised as Colour

#A7E6FF

  • #A7E6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A7E6FF is a cyan with RGB values 167, 230, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A7E6FF#A7E6FF
HEX#A7E6FF
RGBrgb(167, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages65.5%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(197, 100%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197, 34.5%, 100%)
CMYK34.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,003,647
CSS custom property--colour: #A7E6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#581900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD8FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#88EEEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.7Sky blue · ΔE 9.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC0A7
Analogous#A7FFEC, #A7BAFF
Triadic#FFA7E6, #E6FFA7
Split complementary#FFA7BA, #FFECA7
Tetradic#ECA7FF, #FFC0A7, #BAFFA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAF4FF
Darker −10%#74D8FF
Darker −20%#41C9FF
Darker −30%#0EBBFF
Darker −40%#009CDA
More saturated +25%#A7E6FF
Less saturated −25%#B2E1F4

Channel breakdown

R167
G230
B255
Red167 (65.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G E6 · B FF

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