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Recognised as Colour

#A3C1E5

  • #A3C1E5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A3C1E5 is a blue with RGB values 163, 193, 229 and HSL 213°, 56%, 77%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#A3C1E5#A3C1E5
HEX#A3C1E5
RGBrgb(163, 193, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.7569, 0.898
RGB percentages63.9%, 75.7%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(212.7, 55.9%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.7, 28.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK28.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,732,005
CSS custom property--colour: #A3C1E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.32:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#5C3E1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C2E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBBE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#90C9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.2Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 14.9Thistle · ΔE 19.6Lavender · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5C7A3
Analogous#A3E2E5, #A6A3E5
Triadic#E5A3C1, #C1E5A3
Split complementary#E5A6A3, #E2E5A3
Tetradic#E5A3E2, #E5C7A3, #A3E5A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F7FB
Lighter +10%#CBDCF0
Darker −10%#7BA6DA
Darker −20%#538BCF
Darker −30%#3571BA
Darker −40%#295993
More saturated +25%#94C0F4
Less saturated −25%#B2C2D6

Channel breakdown

R163
G193
B229
Red163 (63.9%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue212.73°
Saturation (HSL)55.93%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G C1 · B E5

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