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Recognised as Colour

#A0B6EB

  • #A0B6EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0B6EB is a blue with RGB values 160, 182, 235 and HSL 222°, 65%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0B6EB#A0B6EB
HEX#A0B6EB
RGBrgb(160, 182, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7137, 0.9216
RGB percentages62.7%, 71.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(222.4, 65.2%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 31.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK31.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,532,587
CSS custom property--colour: #A0B6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#5F4914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5BAEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB3EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8BC1C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.5Thistle · ΔE 22.3Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBD5A0
Analogous#A0DCEB, #AFA0EB
Triadic#EBA0B6, #B6EBA0
Split complementary#EBAFA0, #DCEBA0
Tetradic#EBA0DC, #EBD5A0, #A0EBAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F7FD
Lighter +10%#CAD6F4
Darker −10%#7696E2
Darker −20%#4C75D9
Darker −30%#2A58C8
Darker −40%#21469E
More saturated +25%#92B0F9
Less saturated −25%#AEBCDD

Channel breakdown

R160
G182
B235
Red160 (62.7%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue222.4°
Saturation (HSL)65.22%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G B6 · B EB

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