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Recognised as Colour

#A2B7DB

  • #A2B7DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A2B7DB is a blue with RGB values 162, 183, 219 and HSL 218°, 44%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A2B7DB#A2B7DB
HEX#A2B7DB
RGBrgb(162, 183, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.7176, 0.8588
RGB percentages63.5%, 71.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(217.9, 44.2%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.9, 26%, 85.9%)
CMYK26%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,663,899
CSS custom property--colour: #A2B7DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46663WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.33:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#5D4824

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB9DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B3DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#93BEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.5Light blue · ΔE 17.7Thistle · ΔE 17.8Light slate grey · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBC6A2
Analogous#A2D4DB, #A9A2DB
Triadic#DBA2B7, #B7DBA2
Split complementary#DBAAA2, #D3DBA2
Tetradic#DBA2D4, #DBC6A2, #A2DBA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF0F7
Lighter +10%#C7D3E9
Darker −10%#7D9BCD
Darker −20%#587EBF
Darker −30%#4065A4
Darker −40%#314E80
More saturated +25%#92B3EB
Less saturated −25%#B2BBCB

Channel breakdown

R162
G183
B219
Red162 (63.5%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue217.89°
Saturation (HSL)44.19%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G B7 · B DB

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