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Recognised as Colour

#A2B8ED

  • #A2B8ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A2B8ED is a blue with RGB values 162, 184, 237 and HSL 222°, 68%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A2B8ED#A2B8ED
HEX#A2B8ED
RGBrgb(162, 184, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.7216, 0.9294
RGB percentages63.5%, 72.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(222.4, 67.6%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 31.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK31.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,664,173
CSS custom property--colour: #A2B8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.62:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#5D4712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7BCEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B5ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8DC3CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Sky blue · ΔE 21.3Thistle · ΔE 22Steel blue · ΔE 24.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD7A2
Analogous#A2DEED, #B1A2ED
Triadic#EDA2B8, #B8EDA2
Split complementary#EDB1A2, #DEEDA2
Tetradic#EDA2DE, #EDD7A2, #A2EDB1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9FE
Lighter +10%#CDD9F5
Darker −10%#7797E5
Darker −20%#4D77DC
Darker −30%#2859CE
Darker −40%#2046A3
More saturated +25%#94B2FB
Less saturated −25%#B0BEDF

Channel breakdown

R162
G184
B237
Red162 (63.5%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue222.4°
Saturation (HSL)67.57%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G B8 · B ED

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