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Recognised as Colour

#A9CBCA

  • #A9CBCA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A9CBCA is a cyan with RGB values 169, 203, 202 and HSL 178°, 25%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A9CBCA#A9CBCA
HEX#A9CBCA
RGBrgb(169, 203, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.7961, 0.7922
RGB percentages66.3%, 79.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(178.2, 24.6%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.2, 16.7%, 79.6%)
CMYK16.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,127,754
CSS custom property--colour: #A9CBCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.08:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#563435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C7CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C2CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9FCDCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 12Light grey · ΔE 13Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.9Gainsboro · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBA9AA
Analogous#A9CBB9, #A9BBCB
Triadic#CAA9CB, #CBCAA9
Split complementary#CBA9BB, #CBB9A9
Tetradic#B9A9CB, #CBA9AA, #BBCBA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F1F1
Lighter +10%#C9DEDE
Darker −10%#89B8B6
Darker −20%#69A5A3
Darker −30%#538887
Darker −40%#3F6967
More saturated +25%#98DCDA
Less saturated −25%#BABABA

Channel breakdown

R169
G203
B202
Red169 (66.3%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue178.24°
Saturation (HSL)24.64%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G CB · B CA

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