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Recognised as Colour

#A1AAE6

  • #A1AAE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A1AAE6 is a blue with RGB values 161, 170, 230 and HSL 232°, 58%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#A1AAE6#A1AAE6
HEX#A1AAE6
RGBrgb(161, 170, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.6667, 0.902
RGB percentages63.1%, 66.7%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(232.2, 58%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.2, 30%, 90.2%)
CMYK30%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,595,046
CSS custom property--colour: #A1AAE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#5E5519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B0E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#94ABE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8FB5BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.3Light steelblue · ΔE 21.1Light skyblue · ΔE 23.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.4Thistle · ΔE 23.9Plum · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 20.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6DDA1
Analogous#A1CDE6, #BAA1E6
Triadic#E6A1AA, #AAE6A1
Split complementary#E6BBA1, #CDE6A1
Tetradic#E6A1CD, #E6DDA1, #A1E6BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F3FB
Lighter +10%#C9CEF1
Darker −10%#7986DB
Darker −20%#5061D1
Darker −30%#3244BC
Darker −40%#273594
More saturated +25%#929FF5
Less saturated −25%#B0B5D7

Channel breakdown

R161
G170
B230
Red161 (63.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue232.17°
Saturation (HSL)57.98%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G AA · B E6

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