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Recognised as Colour

#A2BFED

  • #A2BFED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A2BFED is a blue with RGB values 162, 191, 237 and HSL 217°, 68%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A2BFED#A2BFED
HEX#A2BFED
RGBrgb(162, 191, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.749, 0.9294
RGB percentages63.5%, 74.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(216.8, 67.6%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.8, 31.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK31.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,665,965
CSS custom property--colour: #A2BFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.21:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#5D4012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8CC9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.1Light skyblue · ΔE 12.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.5Light blue · ΔE 20Thistle · ΔE 21.2Lavender · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD0A2
Analogous#A2E5ED, #AAA2ED
Triadic#EDA2BF, #BFEDA2
Split complementary#EDABA2, #E4EDA2
Tetradic#EDA2E5, #EDD0A2, #A2EDAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7FAFE
Lighter +10%#CDDCF5
Darker −10%#77A2E5
Darker −20%#4D84DC
Darker −30%#2868CE
Darker −40%#2053A3
More saturated +25%#94BCFB
Less saturated −25%#B0C2DF

Channel breakdown

R162
G191
B237
Red162 (63.5%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue216.8°
Saturation (HSL)67.57%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G BF · B ED

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