Colour

#A0B3DA

#A0B3DA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0B3DA is a blue with RGB values 160, 179, 218 and HSL 220°, 44%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0B3DA#A0B3DA

HEX#A0B3DA

RGBrgb(160, 179, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.702, 0.8549

RGB percentages62.7%, 70.2%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(220.3, 43.9%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.3, 26.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK26.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,531,802

CSS custom property--colour: #A0B3DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1

Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#5F4C25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7B5DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1B0D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#91BBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2 Sky blue · ΔE 18.2 Thistle · ΔE 18.3 Light blue · ΔE 20 Light slate grey · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DAC7A0

Analogous#A0D0DA, #AAA0DA

Triadic#DAA0B3, #B3DAA0

Split complementary#DAAAA0, #D0DAA0

Tetradic#DAA0D0, #DAC7A0, #A0DAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E9EEF7

Lighter +10%#C5D0E8

Darker −10%#7B96CC

Darker −20%#5778BD

Darker −30%#3F5FA2

Darker −40%#314A7D

More saturated +25%#90ADEB

Less saturated −25%#B1B9CA

Channel breakdown

R160

G179

B218

Red160 (62.7%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue220.34°

Saturation (HSL)43.94%

Lightness74.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A0 · G B3 · B DA

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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