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Recognised as Colour

#A9DBD2

  • #A9DBD2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A9DBD2 is a cyan with RGB values 169, 219, 210 and HSL 169°, 41%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A9DBD2#A9DBD2
HEX#A9DBD2
RGBrgb(169, 219, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.8588, 0.8235
RGB percentages66.3%, 85.9%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(169.2, 41%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 22.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK22.8%, 0%, 4.1%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,131,858
CSS custom property--colour: #A9DBD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.75:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#56242D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D5D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDCED3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9BDDD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 12.7Light cyan · ΔE 16.3Light grey · ΔE 18Gainsboro · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBA9B2
Analogous#A9DBB9, #A9CBDB
Triadic#D2A9DB, #DBD2A9
Split complementary#DBA9CB, #DBB9A9
Tetradic#B9A9DB, #DBA9B2, #CBDBA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F9F8
Lighter +10%#CDEAE5
Darker −10%#85CCBF
Darker −20%#61BDAC
Darker −30%#45A694
Darker −40%#368274
More saturated +25%#9AEADC
Less saturated −25%#B8CCC8

Channel breakdown

R169
G219
B210
Red169 (66.3%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue169.2°
Saturation (HSL)40.98%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G DB · B D2

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