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Recognised as Colour

#A9E5FC

  • #A9E5FC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A9E5FC is a cyan with RGB values 169, 229, 252 and HSL 197°, 93%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A9E5FC#A9E5FC
HEX#A9E5FC
RGBrgb(169, 229, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.898, 0.9882
RGB percentages66.3%, 89.8%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(196.6, 93.3%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 32.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK32.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,134,460
CSS custom property--colour: #A9E5FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#561A03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8CECECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.4Sky blue · ΔE 9.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCC0A9
Analogous#A9FCEA, #A9BBFC
Triadic#FCA9E5, #E5FCA9
Split complementary#FCA9BB, #FCE9A9
Tetradic#EAA9FC, #FCC0A9, #BBFCA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAF4FE
Darker −10%#78D6FA
Darker −20%#46C7F9
Darker −30%#15B8F7
Darker −40%#079AD2
More saturated +25%#A6E6FF
Less saturated −25%#B4E0F1

Channel breakdown

R169
G229
B252
Red169 (66.3%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue196.63°
Saturation (HSL)93.26%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G E5 · B FC

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