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Recognised as Colour

#A8C6C7

  • #A8C6C7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A8C6C7 is a cyan with RGB values 168, 198, 199 and HSL 182°, 22%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A8C6C7#A8C6C7
HEX#A8C6C7
RGBrgb(168, 198, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7765, 0.7804
RGB percentages65.9%, 77.6%, 78%
HSLhsl(181.9, 21.7%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.9, 15.6%, 78%)
CMYK15.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,060,935
CSS custom property--colour: #A8C6C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#573938

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C3C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBBEC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9FC8C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.8Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Silver · ΔE 10.6Light grey · ΔE 12.5Dark grey · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7A9A8
Analogous#A8C7B8, #A8B6C7
Triadic#C7A8C6, #C6C7A8
Split complementary#C7A8B6, #C7B8A8
Tetradic#B9A8C7, #C7A9A8, #B6C7A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EFEF
Lighter +10%#C7DADB
Darker −10%#89B2B3
Darker −20%#6A9D9F
Darker −30%#548182
Darker −40%#406263
More saturated +25%#96D7D9
Less saturated −25%#B7B7B7

Channel breakdown

R168
G198
B199
Red168 (65.9%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue181.94°
Saturation (HSL)21.68%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G C6 · B C7

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