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Recognised as Colour

#A1ADCA

  • #A1ADCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A1ADCA is a blue with RGB values 161, 173, 202 and HSL 222°, 28%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A1ADCA#A1ADCA
HEX#A1ADCA
RGBrgb(161, 173, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.6784, 0.7922
RGB percentages63.1%, 67.8%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(222.4, 27.9%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 20.3%, 79.2%)
CMYK20.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,595,786
CSS custom property--colour: #A1ADCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#5E5235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4AFCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1ABC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#97B3B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Light slate grey · ΔE 16.2Thistle · ΔE 16.2Dark grey · ΔE 16.3Silver · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CABEA1
Analogous#A1C1CA, #AAA1CA
Triadic#CAA1AD, #ADCAA1
Split complementary#CAAAA1, #C2CAA1
Tetradic#CAA1C1, #CABEA1, #A1CAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2E6EF
Lighter +10%#C2C9DC
Darker −10%#8091B8
Darker −20%#6074A5
Darker −30%#4C5D86
Darker −40%#394666
More saturated +25%#8FA5DC
Less saturated −25%#B3B5B8

Channel breakdown

R161
G173
B202
Red161 (63.1%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue222.44°
Saturation (HSL)27.89%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G AD · B CA

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