Recognised as Colour

#A9DAEC

#A9DAEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#A9DAEC is a cyan with RGB values 169, 218, 236 and HSL 196°, 64%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A9DAEC#A9DAEC

HEX#A9DAEC

RGBrgb(169, 218, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.8549, 0.9255

RGB percentages66.3%, 85.5%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(196.1, 63.8%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 28.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK28.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,131,628

CSS custom property--colour: #A9DAEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.93:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#562513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFD7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5CFECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Tritanopia#94E0DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.7 Powder blue · ΔE 6.7 Sky blue · ΔE 9.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 12 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.66, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECBBA9

Analogous#A9ECDD, #A9B9EC

Triadic#ECA9DA, #DAECA9

Split complementary#ECA9B9, #ECDDA9

Tetradic#DDA9EC, #ECBBA9, #B9ECA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFEFE

Lighter +10%#D3ECF5

Darker −10%#7FC8E3

Darker −20%#55B6DA

Darker −30%#2EA3CE

Darker −40%#2482A5

More saturated +25%#9CE0F9

Less saturated −25%#B6D4DF

Channel breakdown

R169

G218

B236

Red169 (66.3%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue196.12°

Saturation (HSL)63.81%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A9 · G DA · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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