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Recognised as Colour

#AAC3CA

  • #AAC3CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAC3CA is a cyan with RGB values 170, 195, 202 and HSL 193°, 23%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAC3CA#AAC3CA
HEX#AAC3CA
RGBrgb(170, 195, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7647, 0.7922
RGB percentages66.7%, 76.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(193.1, 23.2%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.1, 15.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK15.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,191,242
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC3CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.37:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#553C35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC1CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BDCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A1C6C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.2Silver · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Light grey · ΔE 12Dark grey · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAB1AA
Analogous#AACAC1, #AAB3CA
Triadic#CAAAC3, #C3CAAA
Split complementary#CAAAB3, #CAC1AA
Tetradic#C1AACA, #CAB1AA, #B3CAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9EFF1
Lighter +10%#C9D9DE
Darker −10%#8BADB6
Darker −20%#6B97A3
Darker −30%#547C87
Darker −40%#415F67
More saturated +25%#99CDDB
Less saturated −25%#BABABA

Channel breakdown

R170
G195
B202
Red170 (66.7%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue193.13°
Saturation (HSL)23.19%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C3 · B CA

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