Colour

#A2A7BA

#A2A7BA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#A2A7BA is a blue with RGB values 162, 167, 186 and HSL 227°, 15%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A2A7BA#A2A7BA

HEX#A2A7BA

RGBrgb(162, 167, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6549, 0.7294

RGB percentages63.5%, 65.5%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(227.5, 14.8%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227.5, 12.9%, 72.9%)

CMYK12.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,659,770

CSS custom property--colour: #A2A7BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#5D5845

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A8BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0A7B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#9DAAADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 13.5 Silver · ΔE 13.9 Thistle · ΔE 16 Slate grey · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BAB5A2

Analogous#A2B3BA, #A9A2BA

Triadic#BAA2A7, #A7BAA2

Split complementary#BAA9A2, #B3BAA2

Tetradic#BAA2B3, #BAB5A2, #A2BAA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAFAFB

Lighter +20%#DDDEE5

Lighter +10%#BFC3D0

Darker −10%#858BA4

Darker −20%#69708D

Darker −30%#535970

Darker −40%#3D4253

More saturated +25%#8E9BCE

Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R162

G167

B186

Red162 (63.5%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue227.5°

Saturation (HSL)14.81%

Lightness68.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G A7 · B BA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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