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Recognised as Colour

#A8C9BA

  • #A8C9BA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A8C9BA is a cyan with RGB values 168, 201, 186 and HSL 153°, 23%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A8C9BA#A8C9BA
HEX#A8C9BA
RGBrgb(168, 201, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7882, 0.7294
RGB percentages65.9%, 78.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(152.7, 23.4%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.7, 16.4%, 78.8%)
CMYK16.4%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,061,690
CSS custom property--colour: #A8C9BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.73:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#573645

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C4B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C0BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A2C9C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 14.2Silver · ΔE 14.5Light grey · ΔE 15.8Light blue · ΔE 16.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.6Dark grey · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 14.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9A8B7
Analogous#A8C9AA, #A8C7C9
Triadic#BAA8C9, #C9BAA8
Split complementary#C9A8C7, #C9AAA8
Tetradic#AAA8C9, #C9A8B7, #C7C9A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F0EC
Lighter +10%#C7DDD3
Darker −10%#89B5A1
Darker −20%#69A288
Darker −30%#53856E
Darker −40%#3F6654
More saturated +25%#96DBBC
Less saturated −25%#B8B8B8

Channel breakdown

R168
G201
B186
Red168 (65.9%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue152.73°
Saturation (HSL)23.4%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G C9 · B BA

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