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Recognised as Colour

#A0B4E9

  • #A0B4E9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0B4E9 is a blue with RGB values 160, 180, 233 and HSL 224°, 62%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0B4E9#A0B4E9
HEX#A0B4E9
RGBrgb(160, 180, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7059, 0.9137
RGB percentages62.7%, 70.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(223.6, 62.4%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 31.3%, 91.4%)
CMYK31.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,532,073
CSS custom property--colour: #A0B4E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#5F4B16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B8EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB2E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#8CBEC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Thistle · ΔE 22.1Sky blue · ΔE 22.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9D5A0
Analogous#A0D8E9, #B1A0E9
Triadic#E9A0B4, #B4E9A0
Split complementary#E9B1A0, #D8E9A0
Tetradic#E9A0D9, #E9D5A0, #A0E9B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F5FC
Lighter +10%#C9D5F3
Darker −10%#7793DF
Darker −20%#4D73D6
Darker −30%#2D56C3
Darker −40%#244499
More saturated +25%#91ADF8
Less saturated −25%#AFBBDA

Channel breakdown

R160
G180
B233
Red160 (62.7%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue223.56°
Saturation (HSL)62.39%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G B4 · B E9

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