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Recognised as Colour

#A2B5DE

  • #A2B5DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A2B5DE is a blue with RGB values 162, 181, 222 and HSL 221°, 48%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A2B5DE#A2B5DE
HEX#A2B5DE
RGBrgb(162, 181, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.7098, 0.8706
RGB percentages63.5%, 71%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(221, 47.6%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221, 27%, 87.1%)
CMYK27%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,663,390
CSS custom property--colour: #A2B5DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#5D4A21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#92BDC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Thistle · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 20.3Light slate grey · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECBA2
Analogous#A2D3DE, #ADA2DE
Triadic#DEA2B5, #B5DEA2
Split complementary#DEADA2, #D3DEA2
Tetradic#DEA2D3, #DECBA2, #A2DEAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF1F9
Lighter +10%#C8D3EB
Darker −10%#7C97D1
Darker −20%#5779C3
Darker −30%#3C5FAB
Darker −40%#2F4A85
More saturated +25%#92AFEE
Less saturated −25%#B2BBCE

Channel breakdown

R162
G181
B222
Red162 (63.5%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue221°
Saturation (HSL)47.62%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G B5 · B DE

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