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Recognised as Colour

#A2C6F5

  • #A2C6F5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#A2C6F5 is a blue with RGB values 162, 198, 245 and HSL 214°, 81%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A2C6F5#A2C6F5
HEX#A2C6F5
RGBrgb(162, 198, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.7765, 0.9608
RGB percentages63.5%, 77.6%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(214, 80.6%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214, 33.9%, 96.1%)
CMYK33.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,667,765
CSS custom property--colour: #A2C6F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.93:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#5D390A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C8F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACC0F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#88D0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 15Light blue · ΔE 19.1Lavender · ΔE 22.2Thistle · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5D1A2
Analogous#A2F0F5, #A8A2F5
Triadic#F5A2C6, #C6F5A2
Split complementary#F5A7A2, #F0F5A2
Tetradic#F5A2F0, #F5D1A2, #A2F5A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFF
Lighter +10%#D0E2FA
Darker −10%#74AAF0
Darker −20%#468EEB
Darker −30%#1971E5
Darker −40%#145BB7
More saturated +25%#98C5FF
Less saturated −25%#AFC8E8

Channel breakdown

R162
G198
B245
Red162 (63.5%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue213.98°
Saturation (HSL)80.58%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G C6 · B F5

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