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Recognised as Colour

#A0BCDC

  • #A0BCDC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0BCDC is a blue with RGB values 160, 188, 220 and HSL 212°, 46%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0BCDC#A0BCDC
HEX#A0BCDC
RGBrgb(160, 188, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7373, 0.8627
RGB percentages62.7%, 73.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(212, 46.2%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212, 27.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK27.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,534,108
CSS custom property--colour: #A0BCDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.72:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#5F4323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BDDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B6DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8FC3C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.5Light blue · ΔE 14.4Thistle · ΔE 19Silver · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC0A0
Analogous#A0DADC, #A2A0DC
Triadic#DCA0BC, #BCDCA0
Split complementary#DCA2A0, #DADCA0
Tetradic#DCA0DA, #DCC0A0, #A0DCA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF1F7
Lighter +10%#C5D6EA
Darker −10%#7BA2CE
Darker −20%#5587C1
Darker −30%#3D6EA6
Darker −40%#2F5581
More saturated +25%#90BBEC
Less saturated −25%#B0BDCC

Channel breakdown

R160
G188
B220
Red160 (62.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue212°
Saturation (HSL)46.15%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G BC · B DC

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