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Recognised as Colour

#A1BBED

  • #A1BBED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A1BBED is a blue with RGB values 161, 187, 237 and HSL 219°, 68%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A1BBED#A1BBED
HEX#A1BBED
RGBrgb(161, 187, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.7333, 0.9294
RGB percentages63.1%, 73.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(219.5, 67.9%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.5, 32.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK32.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,599,405
CSS custom property--colour: #A1BBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.85:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#5E4412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABEEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B7ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8BC5CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 19Thistle · ΔE 21.8Light blue · ΔE 22.7Lavender · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD3A1
Analogous#A1E1ED, #ADA1ED
Triadic#EDA1BB, #BBEDA1
Split complementary#EDADA1, #E1EDA1
Tetradic#EDA1E1, #EDD3A1, #A1EDAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9FD
Lighter +10%#CCDAF5
Darker −10%#769CE5
Darker −20%#4B7DDD
Darker −30%#2760CE
Darker −40%#1F4CA3
More saturated +25%#93B7FB
Less saturated −25%#AFBFDF

Channel breakdown

R161
G187
B237
Red161 (63.1%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue219.47°
Saturation (HSL)67.86%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G BB · B ED

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