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Recognised as Colour

#A0B0DF

  • #A0B0DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0B0DF is a blue with RGB values 160, 176, 223 and HSL 225°, 50%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0B0DF#A0B0DF
HEX#A0B0DF
RGBrgb(160, 176, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6902, 0.8745
RGB percentages62.7%, 69%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(224.8, 49.6%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.8, 28.3%, 87.5%)
CMYK28.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,531,039
CSS custom property--colour: #A0B0DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#5F4F20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B4E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CAEDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8FB9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8Thistle · ΔE 19.9Sky blue · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 22.7Light slate grey · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFCFA0
Analogous#A0CFDF, #B0A0DF
Triadic#DFA0B0, #B0DFA0
Split complementary#DFB0A0, #D0DFA0
Tetradic#DFA0CF, #DFCFA0, #A0DFB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECEFF9
Lighter +10%#C6D0EC
Darker −10%#7A90D2
Darker −20%#5471C5
Darker −30%#3A57AC
Darker −40%#2D4486
More saturated +25%#90A8EF
Less saturated −25%#B0B8CF

Channel breakdown

R160
G176
B223
Red160 (62.7%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue224.76°
Saturation (HSL)49.61%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G B0 · B DF

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