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Colour

#A0BEFF

  • #A0BEFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#A0BEFF is a blue with RGB values 160, 190, 255 and HSL 221°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A0BEFF#A0BEFF
HEX#A0BEFF
RGBrgb(160, 190, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7451, 1
RGB percentages62.7%, 74.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(221.1, 100%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 37.3%, 100%)
CMYK37.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,534,655
CSS custom property--colour: #A0BEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.3:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#5F4100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8C3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FBAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#82CBD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 21Light steelblue · ΔE 21.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.5Sky blue · ΔE 24.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE1A0
Analogous#A0EDFF, #B2A0FF
Triadic#FFA0BE, #BEFFA0
Split complementary#FFB2A0, #EDFFA0
Tetradic#FFA0ED, #FFE1A0, #A0FFB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D3E1FF
Darker −10%#6D9BFF
Darker −20%#3A78FF
Darker −30%#0755FF
Darker −40%#0043D3
More saturated +25%#A0BEFF
Less saturated −25%#ACC2F3

Channel breakdown

R160
G190
B255
Red160 (62.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue221.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G BE · B FF

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