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Recognised as Colour

#A9EEED

  • #A9EEED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A9EEED is a cyan with RGB values 169, 238, 237 and HSL 179°, 67%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A9EEED#A9EEED
HEX#A9EEED
RGBrgb(169, 238, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.9333, 0.9294
RGB percentages66.3%, 93.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(179.1, 67%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.1, 29%, 93.3%)
CMYK29%, 0%, 0.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,136,749
CSS custom property--colour: #A9EEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.14:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#561112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#91F2EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 1.9Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light cyan · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 19.4Azure · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 1.93, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEA9AA
Analogous#A9EECB, #A9CCEE
Triadic#EDA9EE, #EEEDA9
Split complementary#EEA9CC, #EECBA9
Tetradic#CBA9EE, #EEA9AA, #CDEEA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D4F6F6
Darker −10%#7EE6E4
Darker −20%#54DDDB
Darker −30%#2AD4D2
Darker −40%#22A9A8
More saturated +25%#9CFBFA
Less saturated −25%#B6E1E0

Channel breakdown

R169
G238
B237
Red169 (66.3%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue179.13°
Saturation (HSL)66.99%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G EE · B ED

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