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Recognised as Colour

#A2B4FA

  • #A2B4FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A2B4FA is a blue with RGB values 162, 180, 250 and HSL 228°, 90%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#A2B4FA#A2B4FA
HEX#A2B4FA
RGBrgb(162, 180, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.7059, 0.9804
RGB percentages63.5%, 70.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(227.7, 89.8%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.7, 35.2%, 98%)
CMYK35.2%, 28%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,663,162
CSS custom property--colour: #A2B4FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.45:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#5D4B05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B3F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#88C2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.7Light skyblue · ΔE 23.1Light steelblue · ΔE 24.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.4Plum · ΔE 26.8Thistle · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE8A2
Analogous#A2E0FA, #BCA2FA
Triadic#FAA2B4, #B4FAA2
Split complementary#FABCA2, #E0FAA2
Tetradic#FAA2E0, #FAE8A2, #A2FABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D2DBFD
Darker −10%#728DF7
Darker −20%#4166F5
Darker −30%#113FF2
Darker −40%#0B31C5
More saturated +25%#9DB1FF
Less saturated −25%#AEBBEE

Channel breakdown

R162
G180
B250
Red162 (63.5%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue227.73°
Saturation (HSL)89.8%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G B4 · B FA

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