Colour

#A3C2EA

#A3C2EA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#A3C2EA is a blue with RGB values 163, 194, 234 and HSL 214°, 63%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A3C2EA#A3C2EA

HEX#A3C2EA

RGBrgb(163, 194, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.7608, 0.9176

RGB percentages63.9%, 76.1%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(213.8, 62.8%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(213.8, 30.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK30.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,732,266

CSS custom property--colour: #A3C2EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#5C3D15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4C3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACBCE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#8ECBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 11.1 Sky blue · ΔE 13.8 Light blue · ΔE 16.5 Thistle · ΔE 20.3 Lavender · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EACBA3

Analogous#A3E5EA, #A8A3EA

Triadic#EAA3C2, #C2EAA3

Split complementary#EAA7A3, #E5EAA3

Tetradic#EAA3E5, #EACBA3, #A3EAA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F9FD

Lighter +10%#CDDEF3

Darker −10%#79A6E1

Darker −20%#508BD7

Darker −30%#2D70C7

Darker −40%#24599D

More saturated +25%#95C0F8

Less saturated −25%#B1C4DC

Channel breakdown

R163

G194

B234

Red163 (63.9%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue213.8°

Saturation (HSL)62.83%

Lightness77.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A3 · G C2 · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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