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Recognised as Colour

#A0C0EE

  • #A0C0EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A0C0EE is a blue with RGB values 160, 192, 238 and HSL 215°, 70%, 78%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#A0C0EE#A0C0EE
HEX#A0C0EE
RGBrgb(160, 192, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.7529, 0.9333
RGB percentages62.7%, 75.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(215.4, 69.6%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.4, 32.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK32.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,535,150
CSS custom property--colour: #A0C0EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#5F3F11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#88CACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 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 text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.3Light skyblue · ΔE 11.3Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Light blue · ΔE 19.6Thistle · ΔE 21.9Lavender · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECEA0
Analogous#A0E7EE, #A7A0EE
Triadic#EEA0C0, #C0EEA0
Split complementary#EEA7A0, #E7EEA0
Tetradic#EEA0E7, #EECEA0, #A0EEA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9FD
Lighter +10%#CBDDF6
Darker −10%#75A3E6
Darker −20%#4987DF
Darker −30%#256BD0
Darker −40%#1D55A5
More saturated +25%#92BDFC
Less saturated −25%#AEC3E0

Channel breakdown

R160
G192
B238
Red160 (62.7%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue215.38°
Saturation (HSL)69.64%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G C0 · B EE

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