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Recognised as Colour

#A8EDE6

  • #A8EDE6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A8EDE6 is a cyan with RGB values 168, 237, 230 and HSL 174°, 66%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A8EDE6#A8EDE6
HEX#A8EDE6
RGBrgb(168, 237, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.9294, 0.902
RGB percentages65.9%, 92.9%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(173.9, 65.7%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.9, 29.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK29.1%, 0%, 3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,070,950
CSS custom property--colour: #A8EDE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.92:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#571219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E6E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DCE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#91F0EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 15.4Light cyan · ΔE 15.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6Honeydew · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.42, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDA8AF
Analogous#A8EDC4, #A8D2ED
Triadic#E6A8ED, #EDE6A8
Split complementary#EDA8D2, #EDC4A8
Tetradic#C4A8ED, #EDA8AF, #D2EDA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#D2F6F2
Darker −10%#7EE4DA
Darker −20%#53DCCE
Darker −30%#2BD1C0
Darker −40%#22A799
More saturated +25%#9BFAF0
Less saturated −25%#B5E0DC

Channel breakdown

R168
G237
B230
Red168 (65.9%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue173.91°
Saturation (HSL)65.71%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G ED · B E6

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