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Recognised as Colour

#A3BFCC

  • #A3BFCC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A3BFCC is a cyan with RGB values 163, 191, 204 and HSL 199°, 29%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A3BFCC#A3BFCC
HEX#A3BFCC
RGBrgb(163, 191, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.749, 0.8
RGB percentages63.9%, 74.9%, 80%
HSLhsl(199, 28.7%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 20.1%, 80%)
CMYK20.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,731,468
CSS custom property--colour: #A3BFCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.88:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#5C4033

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BDCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B8CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#98C3C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 9.3Silver · ΔE 11.9Powder blue · ΔE 12.9Dark grey · ΔE 13.4Sky blue · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCB0A3
Analogous#A3CCC4, #A3AACC
Triadic#CCA3BF, #BFCCA3
Split complementary#CCA3AB, #CCC4A3
Tetradic#C4A3CC, #CCB0A3, #ABCCA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5EDF0
Lighter +10%#C4D6DE
Darker −10%#82A8BA
Darker −20%#6191A8
Darker −30%#4C768A
Darker −40%#3A5A69
More saturated +25%#91C6DE
Less saturated −25%#B5B8BA

Channel breakdown

R163
G191
B204
Red163 (63.9%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue199.02°
Saturation (HSL)28.67%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G BF · B CC

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