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Recognised as Colour

#A9CAD7

  • #A9CAD7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A9CAD7 is a cyan with RGB values 169, 202, 215 and HSL 197°, 37%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A9CAD7#A9CAD7
HEX#A9CAD7
RGBrgb(169, 202, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.7922, 0.8431
RGB percentages66.3%, 79.2%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(197, 36.5%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197, 21.4%, 84.3%)
CMYK21.4%, 6%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,127,511
CSS custom property--colour: #A9CAD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.12:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#563528

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C8D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC2D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#9CCECEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.4Light steelblue · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.2Sky blue · ΔE 13Silver · ΔE 13.1Light grey · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7B6A9
Analogous#A9D7CD, #A9B3D7
Triadic#D7A9CA, #CAD7A9
Split complementary#D7A9B3, #D7CDA9
Tetradic#CDA9D7, #D7B6A9, #B3D7A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF5F7
Lighter +10%#CCDFE7
Darker −10%#86B5C7
Darker −20%#639FB7
Darker −30%#49869E
Darker −40%#39687B
More saturated +25%#99D1E7
Less saturated −25%#B9C3C7

Channel breakdown

R169
G202
B215
Red169 (66.3%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue196.96°
Saturation (HSL)36.51%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G CA · B D7

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