Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#A2B9DA

  • #A2B9DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A2B9DA is a blue with RGB values 162, 185, 218 and HSL 215°, 43%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A2B9DA#A2B9DA
HEX#A2B9DA
RGBrgb(162, 185, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.7255, 0.8549
RGB percentages63.5%, 72.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(215.4, 43.1%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.4, 25.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK25.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,664,410
CSS custom property--colour: #A2B9DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#5D4625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B5D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#93C0C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 15.9Thistle · ΔE 17.9Silver · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAC3A2
Analogous#A2D5DA, #A7A2DA
Triadic#DAA2B9, #B9DAA2
Split complementary#DAA7A2, #D5DAA2
Tetradic#DAA2D5, #DAC3A2, #A2DAA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF0F7
Lighter +10%#C6D4E9
Darker −10%#7E9ECB
Darker −20%#5982BD
Darker −30%#4169A2
Darker −40%#32517E
More saturated +25%#92B6EA
Less saturated −25%#B2BCCA

Channel breakdown

R162
G185
B218
Red162 (63.5%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue215.36°
Saturation (HSL)43.08%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G B9 · B DA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a2b9da” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.