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Recognised as Colour

#AAC2C9

  • #AAC2C9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#AAC2C9 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 194, 201 and HSL 194°, 22%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AAC2C9#AAC2C9
HEX#AAC2C9
RGBrgb(170, 194, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7608, 0.7882
RGB percentages66.7%, 76.1%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(193.5, 22.3%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 15.4%, 78.8%)
CMYK15.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,190,985
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC2C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#553D36

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC0C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BCC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A2C5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 9.2Light blue · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Dark grey · ΔE 11.9Light grey · ΔE 11.9Powder blue · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9B1AA
Analogous#AAC9C0, #AAB3C9
Triadic#C9AAC2, #C2C9AA
Split complementary#C9AAB3, #C9C1AA
Tetradic#C0AAC9, #C9B1AA, #B2C9AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EFF1
Lighter +10%#C9D8DD
Darker −10%#8BACB5
Darker −20%#6C95A1
Darker −30%#557A85
Darker −40%#415E66
More saturated +25%#99CCDA
Less saturated −25%#B9B9B9

Channel breakdown

R170
G194
B201
Red170 (66.7%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue193.55°
Saturation (HSL)22.3%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C2 · B C9

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