Recognised as Colour

#A8DEE9

#A8DEE9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#A8DEE9 is a cyan with RGB values 168, 222, 233 and HSL 190°, 60%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A8DEE9#A8DEE9

HEX#A8DEE9

RGBrgb(168, 222, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.8706, 0.9137

RGB percentages65.9%, 87.1%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(190.2, 59.6%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.2, 27.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK27.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,067,113

CSS custom property--colour: #A8DEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#572116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4DAEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9D1E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Tritanopia#93E3E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.2 Light blue · ΔE 4.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.3 Sky blue · ΔE 11.9 Light cyan · ΔE 15.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.18, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E9B3A8

Analogous#A8E9D4, #A8BDE9

Triadic#E9A8DE, #DEE9A8

Split complementary#E9A8BD, #E9D3A8

Tetradic#D4A8E9, #E9B3A8, #BEE9A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9FDFE

Lighter +10%#D1EDF3

Darker −10%#7FCFDF

Darker −20%#57BFD4

Darker −30%#32ADC6

Darker −40%#28899D

More saturated +25%#9AE7F7

Less saturated −25%#B6D5DB

Channel breakdown

R168

G222

B233

Red168 (65.9%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue190.15°

Saturation (HSL)59.63%

Lightness78.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G DE · B E9

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