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Recognised as Colour

#AAC7C8

  • #AAC7C8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAC7C8 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 199, 200 and HSL 182°, 21%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAC7C8#AAC7C8
HEX#AAC7C8
RGBrgb(170, 199, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7804, 0.7843
RGB percentages66.7%, 78%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(182, 21.4%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182, 15%, 78.4%)
CMYK15%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,192,264
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC7C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.71:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#553837

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C4C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC0C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#A1C9C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.1Silver · ΔE 10.2Light grey · ΔE 12Dark grey · ΔE 13.6Gainsboro · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8ABAA
Analogous#AAC8BA, #AAB8C8
Triadic#C8AAC7, #C7C8AA
Split complementary#C8AAB8, #C8BAAA
Tetradic#BAAAC8, #C8ABAA, #B8C8AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F0F0
Lighter +10%#C9DBDC
Darker −10%#8BB3B4
Darker −20%#6C9EA0
Darker −30%#558284
Darker −40%#416465
More saturated +25%#99D7DA
Less saturated −25%#B9B9B9

Channel breakdown

R170
G199
B200
Red170 (66.7%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue182°
Saturation (HSL)21.43%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C7 · B C8

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