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Colour

#A9E3FF

  • #A9E3FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A9E3FF is a cyan with RGB values 169, 227, 255 and HSL 200°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A9E3FF#A9E3FF
HEX#A9E3FF
RGBrgb(169, 227, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.8902, 1
RGB percentages66.3%, 89%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.5, 100%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 33.7%, 100%)
CMYK33.7%, 11%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,133,951
CSS custom property--colour: #A9E3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.12:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#561C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D6FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8CEBECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.8Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Powder blue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC5A9
Analogous#A9FFF0, #A9B8FF
Triadic#FFA9E3, #E3FFA9
Split complementary#FFA9B8, #FFF0A9
Tetradic#F0A9FF, #FFC5A9, #B8FFA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCF4FF
Darker −10%#76D2FF
Darker −20%#43C2FF
Darker −30%#10B1FF
Darker −40%#0094DC
More saturated +25%#A9E3FF
Less saturated −25%#B4DFF4

Channel breakdown

R169
G227
B255
Red169 (66.3%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G E3 · B FF

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