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Colour

#A9D9EB

  • #A9D9EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A9D9EB is a cyan with RGB values 169, 217, 235 and HSL 196°, 62%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A9D9EB#A9D9EB
HEX#A9D9EB
RGBrgb(169, 217, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.851, 0.9216
RGB percentages66.3%, 85.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(196.4, 62.3%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 28.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK28.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,131,371
CSS custom property--colour: #A9D9EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.81:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#562614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CEEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#94DFDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.5Powder blue · ΔE 6.8Sky blue · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.47, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBBBA9
Analogous#A9EBDC, #A9B8EB
Triadic#EBA9D9, #D9EBA9
Split complementary#EBA9B8, #EBDCA9
Tetradic#DCA9EB, #EBBBA9, #B8EBA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFEFE
Lighter +10%#D2EBF5
Darker −10%#80C7E1
Darker −20%#56B4D8
Darker −30%#2FA1CC
Darker −40%#2680A2
More saturated +25%#9CDFF8
Less saturated −25%#B6D3DE

Channel breakdown

R169
G217
B235
Red169 (66.3%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)62.26%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G D9 · B EB

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