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Recognised as Colour

#A9EDEB

  • #A9EDEB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A9EDEB is a cyan with RGB values 169, 237, 235 and HSL 178°, 65%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A9EDEB#A9EDEB
HEX#A9EDEB
RGBrgb(169, 237, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.9294, 0.9216
RGB percentages66.3%, 92.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(178.2, 65.4%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.2, 28.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK28.7%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,136,491
CSS custom property--colour: #A9EDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#561214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E6EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DDECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#91F1ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 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 text16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light cyan · ΔE 14.5Azure · ΔE 19.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 2.05, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDA9AB
Analogous#A9EDC9, #A9CDED
Triadic#EBA9ED, #EDEBA9
Split complementary#EDA9CD, #EDC9A9
Tetradic#C9A9ED, #EDA9AB, #CDEDA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFFFF
Lighter +10%#D3F6F5
Darker −10%#7FE4E1
Darker −20%#55DBD7
Darker −30%#2CD1CC
Darker −40%#23A7A3
More saturated +25%#9CFAF7
Less saturated −25%#B6E0DF

Channel breakdown

R169
G237
B235
Red169 (66.3%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue178.24°
Saturation (HSL)65.38%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G ED · B EB

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