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Recognised as Colour

#A4AFD4

  • #A4AFD4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A4AFD4 is a blue with RGB values 164, 175, 212 and HSL 226°, 36%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A4AFD4#A4AFD4
HEX#A4AFD4
RGBrgb(164, 175, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.6863, 0.8314
RGB percentages64.3%, 68.6%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(226.3, 35.8%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.3, 22.6%, 83.1%)
CMYK22.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,792,916
CSS custom property--colour: #A4AFD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#5B502B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4B2D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1AED3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#98B6BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Thistle · ΔE 16.3Light skyblue · ΔE 19Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Dark grey · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4C9A4
Analogous#A4C7D4, #B1A4D4
Triadic#D4A4AF, #AFD4A4
Split complementary#D4B1A4, #C7D4A4
Tetradic#D4A4C7, #D4C9A4, #A4D4B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9ECF5
Lighter +10%#C7CDE4
Darker −10%#8191C4
Darker −20%#5F72B3
Darker −30%#485A97
Darker −40%#374575
More saturated +25%#93A6E5
Less saturated −25%#B5B8C3

Channel breakdown

R164
G175
B212
Red164 (64.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue226.25°
Saturation (HSL)35.82%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G AF · B D4

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