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Recognised as Colour

#AAC7CC

  • #AAC7CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAC7CC is a cyan with RGB values 170, 199, 204 and HSL 189°, 25%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAC7CC#AAC7CC
HEX#AAC7CC
RGBrgb(170, 199, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7804, 0.8
RGB percentages66.7%, 78%, 80%
HSLhsl(188.8, 25%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.8, 16.7%, 80%)
CMYK16.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,192,268
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC7CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#553833

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C4CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC0CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A0CAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 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 text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.2Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Silver · ΔE 10.4Light steelblue · ΔE 12Light grey · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCAFAA
Analogous#AACCC0, #AAB6CC
Triadic#CCAAC7, #C7CCAA
Split complementary#CCAAB6, #CCC0AA
Tetradic#C0AACC, #CCAFAA, #B6CCAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF1F2
Lighter +10%#CADCDF
Darker −10%#8AB2B9
Darker −20%#6A9DA6
Darker −30%#53828A
Darker −40%#40646A
More saturated +25%#99D3DD
Less saturated −25%#BBBBBB

Channel breakdown

R170
G199
B204
Red170 (66.7%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue188.82°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C7 · B CC

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