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Recognised as Colour

#A9ECDF

  • #A9ECDF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A9ECDF is a cyan with RGB values 169, 236, 223 and HSL 168°, 64%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A9ECDF#A9ECDF
HEX#A9ECDF
RGBrgb(169, 236, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.9255, 0.8745
RGB percentages66.3%, 92.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(168.4, 63.8%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.4, 28.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK28.4%, 0%, 5.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,136,223
CSS custom property--colour: #A9ECDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.75:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#561320

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E4DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADBE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#95EEE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.3Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light cyan · ΔE 16.7Light blue · ΔE 17.6Honeydew · ΔE 19.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECA9B6
Analogous#A9ECBE, #A9D8EC
Triadic#DFA9EC, #ECDFA9
Split complementary#ECA9D8, #ECBEA9
Tetradic#BDA9EC, #ECA9B6, #D8ECA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFE
Lighter +10%#D3F5EF
Darker −10%#7FE3CF
Darker −20%#55DAC0
Darker −30%#2ECEAF
Darker −40%#24A58C
More saturated +25%#9CF9E7
Less saturated −25%#B6DFD7

Channel breakdown

R169
G236
B223
Red169 (66.3%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue168.36°
Saturation (HSL)63.81%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G EC · B DF

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