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Recognised as Colour

#A2B2DA

  • #A2B2DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A2B2DA is a blue with RGB values 162, 178, 218 and HSL 223°, 43%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A2B2DA#A2B2DA
HEX#A2B2DA
RGBrgb(162, 178, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.698, 0.8549
RGB percentages63.5%, 69.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(222.9, 43.1%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 25.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK25.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,662,618
CSS custom property--colour: #A2B2DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.92:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#5D4D25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B5DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B0D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#94BABFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Thistle · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.3Light slate grey · ΔE 20.7Light blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACAA2
Analogous#A2CEDA, #AEA2DA
Triadic#DAA2B2, #B2DAA2
Split complementary#DAAEA2, #CEDAA2
Tetradic#DAA2CE, #DACAA2, #A2DAAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBEEF7
Lighter +10%#C6D0E9
Darker −10%#7E94CB
Darker −20%#5976BD
Darker −30%#415DA2
Darker −40%#32487E
More saturated +25%#92ABEA
Less saturated −25%#B2B9CA

Channel breakdown

R162
G178
B218
Red162 (63.5%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)43.08%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G B2 · B DA

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