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Recognised as Colour

#A9EBFD

  • #A9EBFD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#A9EBFD is a cyan with RGB values 169, 235, 253 and HSL 193°, 95%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#A9EBFD#A9EBFD
HEX#A9EBFD
RGBrgb(169, 235, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.9216, 0.9922
RGB percentages66.3%, 92.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(192.9, 95.5%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 33.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,135,997
CSS custom property--colour: #A9EBFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.99:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#561402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE7FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DCFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8BF2F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.3Light blue · ΔE 8.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5Sky blue · ΔE 11.9Light cyan · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDBBA9
Analogous#A9FDE5, #A9C1FD
Triadic#FDA9EB, #EBFDA9
Split complementary#FDA9C1, #FDE5A9
Tetradic#E5A9FD, #FDBBA9, #C1FDA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBF7FE
Darker −10%#77DFFC
Darker −20%#45D4FB
Darker −30%#13C8FA
Darker −40%#05A8D5
More saturated +25%#A7ECFF
Less saturated −25%#B4E5F2

Channel breakdown

R169
G235
B253
Red169 (66.3%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue192.86°
Saturation (HSL)95.45%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G EB · B FD

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