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Recognised as Colour

#A0ABCA

  • #A0ABCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0ABCA is a blue with RGB values 160, 171, 202 and HSL 224°, 28%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0ABCA#A0ABCA
HEX#A0ABCA
RGBrgb(160, 171, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6706, 0.7922
RGB percentages62.7%, 67.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(224.3, 28.4%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 20.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK20.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,529,738
CSS custom property--colour: #A0ABCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#5F5435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2ADCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FAAC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#96B1B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.5Light slate grey · ΔE 16.2Thistle · ΔE 16.4Dark grey · ΔE 17.3Silver · ΔE 18.9Slate grey · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CABFA0
Analogous#A0C0CA, #AAA0CA
Triadic#CAA0AB, #ABCAA0
Split complementary#CAAAA0, #C0CAA0
Tetradic#CAA0C0, #CABFA0, #A0CAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E5EF
Lighter +10%#C1C8DC
Darker −10%#7F8EB8
Darker −20%#5F71A5
Darker −30%#4B5A86
Darker −40%#394465
More saturated +25%#8DA2DC
Less saturated −25%#B3B4B7

Channel breakdown

R160
G171
B202
Red160 (62.7%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue224.29°
Saturation (HSL)28.38%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G AB · B CA

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