Colour

#A3BEFD

#A3BEFD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#A3BEFD is a blue with RGB values 163, 190, 253 and HSL 222°, 96%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A3BEFD#A3BEFD

HEX#A3BEFD

RGBrgb(163, 190, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.7451, 0.9922

RGB percentages63.9%, 74.5%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(222, 95.7%, 81.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222, 35.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK35.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,731,261

CSS custom property--colour: #A3BEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#5C4102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9C3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0BBFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#88CBD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 20.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9 Sky blue · ΔE 24.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.2 Thistle · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FDE2A3

Analogous#A3EBFD, #B5A3FD

Triadic#FDA3BE, #BEFDA3

Split complementary#FDB5A3, #EBFDA3

Tetradic#FDA3EB, #FDE2A3, #A3FDB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D5E1FE

Darker −10%#719BFC

Darker −20%#3F77FB

Darker −30%#0D54FA

Darker −40%#0541CF

More saturated +25%#A1BDFF

Less saturated −25%#AFC3F1

Channel breakdown

R163

G190

B253

Red163 (63.9%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue222°

Saturation (HSL)95.74%

Lightness81.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A3 · G BE · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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