Recognised as Colour

#A0ACE6

#A0ACE6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0ACE6 is a blue with RGB values 160, 172, 230 and HSL 230°, 58%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0ACE6#A0ACE6

HEX#A0ACE6

RGBrgb(160, 172, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6745, 0.902

RGB percentages62.7%, 67.5%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(229.7, 58.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.7, 30.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK30.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,530,022

CSS custom property--colour: #A0ACE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1

Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#5F5319

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9BB2E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#96ACE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#8DB7C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 21.5 Steel blue · ΔE 23 Thistle · ΔE 23.4 Plum · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 19.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E6DAA0

Analogous#A0CFE6, #B7A0E6

Triadic#E6A0AC, #ACE6A0

Split complementary#E6B7A0, #CFE6A0

Tetradic#E6A0CF, #E6DAA0, #A0E6B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1F3FB

Lighter +10%#C8CFF1

Darker −10%#7889DB

Darker −20%#4F65D1

Darker −30%#3149BC

Darker −40%#273993

More saturated +25%#91A2F5

Less saturated −25%#AFB6D7

Channel breakdown

R160

G172

B230

Red160 (62.7%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue229.71°

Saturation (HSL)58.33%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A0 · G AC · B E6

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Colour values

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