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Recognised as Colour

#A0BAF9

  • #A0BAF9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#A0BAF9 is a blue with RGB values 160, 186, 249 and HSL 222°, 88%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A0BAF9#A0BAF9
HEX#A0BAF9
RGBrgb(160, 186, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7294, 0.9765
RGB percentages62.7%, 72.9%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(222.5, 88.1%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 35.7%, 97.6%)
CMYK35.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,533,625
CSS custom property--colour: #A0BAF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.89:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#5F4506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5BFFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB7F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#85C7D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Light steelblue · ΔE 20.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.9Sky blue · ΔE 24.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 18.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9DFA0
Analogous#A0E7F9, #B3A0F9
Triadic#F9A0BA, #BAF9A0
Split complementary#F9B2A0, #E7F9A0
Tetradic#F9A0E7, #F9DFA0, #A0F9B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0DDFC
Darker −10%#7097F6
Darker −20%#4074F3
Darker −30%#1051F0
Darker −40%#0C41C1
More saturated +25%#9AB8FF
Less saturated −25%#ADBFEC

Channel breakdown

R160
G186
B249
Red160 (62.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue222.47°
Saturation (HSL)88.12%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G BA · B F9

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