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Recognised as Colour

#A0BFEE

  • #A0BFEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0BFEE is a blue with RGB values 160, 191, 238 and HSL 216°, 70%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A0BFEE#A0BFEE
HEX#A0BFEE
RGBrgb(160, 191, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.749, 0.9333
RGB percentages62.7%, 74.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(216.2, 69.6%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.2, 32.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK32.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,534,894
CSS custom property--colour: #A0BFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#5F4011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6BAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#89C9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 11.9Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Light blue · ΔE 20.3Thistle · ΔE 21.9Lavender · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECFA0
Analogous#A0E6EE, #A8A0EE
Triadic#EEA0BF, #BFEEA0
Split complementary#EEA8A0, #E6EEA0
Tetradic#EEA0E6, #EECFA0, #A0EEA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9FD
Lighter +10%#CBDCF6
Darker −10%#75A2E6
Darker −20%#4985DF
Darker −30%#2569D0
Darker −40%#1D53A5
More saturated +25%#92BCFC
Less saturated −25%#AEC2E0

Channel breakdown

R160
G191
B238
Red160 (62.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue216.15°
Saturation (HSL)69.64%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G BF · B EE

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