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Recognised as Colour

#A0BED4

  • #A0BED4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0BED4 is a blue with RGB values 160, 190, 212 and HSL 205°, 38%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0BED4#A0BED4
HEX#A0BED4
RGBrgb(160, 190, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7451, 0.8314
RGB percentages62.7%, 74.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(205.4, 37.7%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.4, 24.5%, 83.1%)
CMYK24.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,534,612
CSS custom property--colour: #A0BED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.81:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#5F412B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BDD5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB7D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#91C4C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5Light blue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 12.4Powder blue · ΔE 15.2Silver · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4B6A0
Analogous#A0D4D0, #A0A4D4
Triadic#D4A0BE, #BED4A0
Split complementary#D4A0A4, #D4D0A0
Tetradic#D0A0D4, #D4B6A0, #A4D4A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EEF4
Lighter +10%#C3D6E4
Darker −10%#7DA6C4
Darker −20%#5A8EB4
Darker −30%#447497
Darker −40%#345974
More saturated +25%#8FC1E5
Less saturated −25%#B1BBC3

Channel breakdown

R160
G190
B212
Red160 (62.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue205.38°
Saturation (HSL)37.68%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G BE · B D4

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