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Recognised as Colour

#A8DCEF

  • #A8DCEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A8DCEF is a cyan with RGB values 168, 220, 239 and HSL 196°, 69%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A8DCEF#A8DCEF
HEX#A8DCEF
RGBrgb(168, 220, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.8627, 0.9373
RGB percentages65.9%, 86.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(196.1, 68.9%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 29.7%, 93.7%)
CMYK29.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,066,607
CSS custom property--colour: #A8DCEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.15:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#572310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D9F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6D0EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#91E2E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.7Powder blue · ΔE 7Sky blue · ΔE 9Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.2Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.69, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFBBA8
Analogous#A8EFDE, #A8B9EF
Triadic#EFA8DC, #DCEFA8
Split complementary#EFA8B9, #EFDFA8
Tetradic#DEA8EF, #EFBBA8, #B9EFA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D3EDF7
Darker −10%#7DCBE7
Darker −20%#52B9DF
Darker −30%#27A8D7
Darker −40%#2086AB
More saturated +25%#9BE2FC
Less saturated −25%#B5D6E2

Channel breakdown

R168
G220
B239
Red168 (65.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue196.06°
Saturation (HSL)68.93%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G DC · B EF

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