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Recognised as Colour

#A3AEBD

  • #A3AEBD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A3AEBD is a blue with RGB values 163, 174, 189 and HSL 215°, 16%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A3AEBD#A3AEBD
HEX#A3AEBD
RGBrgb(163, 174, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.6824, 0.7412
RGB percentages63.9%, 68.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(214.6, 16.5%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.6, 13.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK13.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,727,101
CSS custom property--colour: #A3AEBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#5C5142

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9AEBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6ACBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9DB1B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 10Silver · ΔE 11.4Light slate grey · ΔE 15Light grey · ΔE 16.5Light blue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDB2A3
Analogous#A3BBBD, #A5A3BD
Triadic#BDA3AE, #AEBDA3
Split complementary#BDA5A3, #BBBDA3
Tetradic#BDA3BB, #BDB2A3, #A3BDA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFCFD
Lighter +20%#DEE2E8
Lighter +10%#C1C8D2
Darker −10%#8594A8
Darker −20%#687A92
Darker −30%#536174
Darker −40%#3E4856
More saturated +25%#8FABD1
Less saturated −25%#B0B0B0

Channel breakdown

R163
G174
B189
Red163 (63.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue214.62°
Saturation (HSL)16.46%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G AE · B BD

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