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Recognised as Colour

#A2B0CD

  • #A2B0CD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A2B0CD is a blue with RGB values 162, 176, 205 and HSL 220°, 30%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A2B0CD#A2B0CD
HEX#A2B0CD
RGBrgb(162, 176, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6902, 0.8039
RGB percentages63.5%, 69%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(220.5, 30.1%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.5, 21%, 80.4%)
CMYK21%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,662,093
CSS custom property--colour: #A2B0CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#5D4F32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B2CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3AECCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#97B6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.4Thistle · ΔE 16.2Dark grey · ΔE 16.6Light slate grey · ΔE 17Silver · ΔE 17.5Light blue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDBFA2
Analogous#A2C5CD, #AAA2CD
Triadic#CDA2B0, #B0CDA2
Split complementary#CDA9A2, #C5CDA2
Tetradic#CDA2C5, #CDBFA2, #A2CDAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E8F1
Lighter +10%#C3CCDF
Darker −10%#8194BB
Darker −20%#6078A9
Darker −30%#4B608B
Darker −40%#39496A
More saturated +25%#90AADF
Less saturated −25%#B4B6BB

Channel breakdown

R162
G176
B205
Red162 (63.5%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue220.47°
Saturation (HSL)30.07%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G B0 · B CD

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