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Recognised as Colour

#A0B6DB

  • #A0B6DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0B6DB is a blue with RGB values 160, 182, 219 and HSL 218°, 45%, 74%. 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

#A0B6DB#A0B6DB
HEX#A0B6DB
RGBrgb(160, 182, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7137, 0.8588
RGB percentages62.7%, 71.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(217.6, 45%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.6, 26.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK26.9%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,532,571
CSS custom property--colour: #A0B6DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#5F4924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB8DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B2DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#90BEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 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 text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Sky blue · ΔE 16.6Light blue · ΔE 18.2Thistle · ΔE 18.4Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBC5A0
Analogous#A0D4DB, #A7A0DB
Triadic#DBA0B6, #B6DBA0
Split complementary#DBA7A0, #D4DBA0
Tetradic#DBA0D4, #DBC5A0, #A0DBA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAEFF7
Lighter +10%#C5D2E9
Darker −10%#7B9ACD
Darker −20%#567DBF
Darker −30%#3E64A4
Darker −40%#304D7F
More saturated +25%#90B2EB
Less saturated −25%#B0BACB

Channel breakdown

R160
G182
B219
Red160 (62.7%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue217.63°
Saturation (HSL)45.04%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G B6 · B DB

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