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Recognised as Colour

#A0AFD8

  • #A0AFD8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0AFD8 is a blue with RGB values 160, 175, 216 and HSL 224°, 42%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0AFD8#A0AFD8
HEX#A0AFD8
RGBrgb(160, 175, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6863, 0.8471
RGB percentages62.7%, 68.6%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(223.9, 41.8%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.9, 25.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK25.9%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,530,776
CSS custom property--colour: #A0AFD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#5F5027

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B2DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EADD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#92B7BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8Thistle · ΔE 18.3Sky blue · ΔE 20.2Light slate grey · ΔE 20.3Light blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8C9A0
Analogous#A0CBD8, #ADA0D8
Triadic#D8A0AF, #AFD8A0
Split complementary#D8ADA0, #CBD8A0
Tetradic#D8A0CB, #D8C9A0, #A0D8AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8ECF6
Lighter +10%#C4CDE7
Darker −10%#7C91C9
Darker −20%#5872BA
Darker −30%#415A9E
Darker −40%#32457A
More saturated +25%#8FA7E9
Less saturated −25%#B1B7C7

Channel breakdown

R160
G175
B216
Red160 (62.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue223.93°
Saturation (HSL)41.79%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G AF · B D8

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